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spursncowboys
12-10-2010, 12:29 PM
Republicans who captured the House last month in part on the strength of a promise to rein in government spending have tapped a veteran lawmaker known as the "prince of pork" to head the powerful House Appropriations Committee. And the decision's not sitting so well among some conservatives.

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In 2010 alone, Rogers came close to scoring $100 million worth of so-called pork.
According to a comprehensive list put out by watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste, the dozens of earmarks went largely toward military projects, parkland acquisition and health initiatives, among other things.
Among the earmarks:
-- $10 million went toward the Kentucky-based National Institute for Hometown Security.
-- $4.8 million went toward an "emergency response generator stockpile" for the Kentucky National Guard.
-- $1 million went toward Operation UNITE for a substance abuse program -- the anti-drug organization, hatched by Rogers, is a frequent recipient of his earmarks.
-- $500,000 went toward an instrument landing system at a local airport.
-- $200,000 went toward an arts education initiative in Prestonburg, Ky.
Rogers tagged a slightly smaller amount of federal funds in 2009, requesting just $81 million. In 2008, his name was attached to $33 million in earmarks.






"I don't think the response is going to be good," conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said on Hugh Hewitt's radio show.





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spursncowboys
12-10-2010, 01:09 PM
These guys will never get it.
George Gervin's Afro
12-10-2010, 01:12 PM
how stupid is this?
spursncowboys
12-10-2010, 01:46 PM
is what?
boutons_deux
12-10-2010, 03:16 PM
The Anti-Pork/Hate-Govt/Anti-Socialist Tea Bagger Caucus has filed for $1B in earmarks of TAXPAYER money, flowing mostly from blue states to red states, as always.
jack sommerset
12-10-2010, 03:19 PM
Ban all earmarks. Pretty simple, you would think.
boutons_deux
12-10-2010, 03:27 PM
earmarks are a right-wing campaign noise to sucker red-state dummies.

The right-wingers are never gonna kill earmarks, which are an insignificant 1%? of spending. See them as a perennial stimulus plan. oops, y'all hate that, too. :lol
spursncowboys
12-10-2010, 03:34 PM
tea party are against overspending from the federal government BD. Why do you not understand that. Of course politicians are gonna jump on and try and get their votes. The Dems were retarded for not only brushing them off, but making fun of them.
ChuckD
12-10-2010, 09:45 PM
These guys will never get it.

Neither will fiscal conservatives. They keep thinking the GOP has something to offer them.

If you are truly surprised by this, after watching BushCo for 8 years, then you are a moron.
ChuckD
12-10-2010, 09:47 PM
Ban all earmarks. Pretty simple, you would think.

Except neither side wants to. That little stunt by the GOP a few weeks ago was just that. When they take the House in January, the earmarks will fly just like if the Dems still held it.
ChuckD
12-10-2010, 09:48 PM
tea party are against overspending from the federal government BD. Why do you not understand that. Of course politicians are gonna jump on and try and get their votes. The Dems were retarded for not only brushing them off, but making fun of them.

Yeah, but unfortunately, they thought the GOP thought as they did. They don't.
jack sommerset
12-10-2010, 10:15 PM
Except neither side wants to. That little stunt by the GOP a few weeks ago was just that. When they take the House in January, the earmarks will fly just like if the Dems still held it.

Ok. Lets vote those douchebags out. It should be simple.
spursncowboys
12-10-2010, 10:33 PM
Yeah, but unfortunately, they thought the GOP thought as they did. They don't.
I doubt the tea party are that naive. I think the whole idea is to bring in new blood who has made commitments not to spend like a drunk sailor and then put enough pressure on them to hold that standard.
Wild Cobra
12-11-2010, 11:30 AM
Ban all earmarks. Pretty simple, you would think.
Just do not allow unrelated items in bills. Make the pork have to stand up to it's own scrutiny, own vote, and own bill title. If it has merit, let it pass.
ChuckD
12-11-2010, 09:53 PM
I doubt the tea party are that naive. I think the whole idea is to bring in new blood who has made commitments not to spend like a drunk sailor and then put enough pressure on them to hold that standard.

They are that naive. They voted for the GOP, the other party of Pork.

This was tried by fiscal conservatives in the 90s. The new guys had no seniority, didn't get good appointments, and either left in disgust or "adapted" by becoming what they had despised.

There is nothing for fiscal conservatives in either of the two current parties. Republicans lie and say they believe in fiscal restraint, but they are in many ways worse than the Democrats. They be happy to have your votes, though, in their quest to spend more than the Dems.

Tax and Spend >>>> Don't tax, but still spend anyway. You gotta pay the bills.
George Gervin's Afro
12-11-2010, 10:18 PM
I doubt the tea party are that naive. I think the whole idea is to bring in new blood who has made commitments not to spend like a drunk sailor and then put enough pressure on them to hold that standard.

naive? you mean the same people who believed in death panels?
DarrinS
12-11-2010, 10:31 PM
naive? you mean the same people who believed in death panels?


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