[TOWNHALL] When it comes to earmarks, both parties are horrible. They’re now trying to call this pork "Congressionally Directed Spending" rather than earmarks, thinking it somehow sounds better. It kind of does, as long as you don’t think about it. The real problem isn’t whether Congress directs where the money is spent or some faceless bureaucrat does, it’s the spending in the first place.Reminder: The purpose of politix is not to govern; it's to funnel money to 1.) relatives and 2.) donors.
Here are some examples of what Members of Congress think are important enough to spend our great-grandchildren’s money on (let’s be honest, our money, our kid’s money, and our grandkid’s money is already long gone at this point).
Representative Kathy Castor (D-Florida) earmarked $7.7 million for a street car project in Tampa, because it’s 1900 again, or something.