President Obama, please:
Expose Tax Earmarks Publicly on the Internet

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Too obvious to matter. (Who likes a cover up?)
by Johnny_Fairtax · added Sat Dec 20 22:31:28 -0800 2008 Discuss or Edit

There are too many of these priorities that are too obvious (or vague) to disagree with. Prediction: Over 99% of the users will endorse this.

  • Only the majority of Congress is against this one.
  • Good job OBAMA on being for this type of transparency.

^ America, you need to hate pork barrel earmarks not only when its on paper, but also when it shows up in your district.

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Here they are!
Supporting Require States to match or decline earmark funding
by Recluse · added Sun Dec 28 07:31:39 -0800 2008 Discuss or Edit

You can find data on Federal earmarks, mostly beginning with FY 2008, here:
http://earmarks.omb.gov/

Source: http://earmarks.omb.gov/
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by kiessling · added Thu Jan 22 06:59:34 -0800 2009 Discuss or Edit

YES – you need to hate pork barrel earmarks not only when its on paper, but ALSO WHEN IT SHOWS UP IN YOUR DISTRICT. Everyone opposes until they benefit. If your candidate runs on the “I brought $$$ back to our district” they are running on pork barrel spending. “Support me and I’ll make sure all the pork barrel $$’s are spent in our district.” Oppose it even when it means you don’t get $’s.

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