tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post8035467166466032950..comments2023-12-19T21:26:52.930-08:00Comments on Upper Left: An earmark?Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-90406544650133246242010-11-29T21:09:52.089-08:002010-11-29T21:09:52.089-08:00Actually, Don, my guess is that your problem is mo...Actually, Don, my guess is that your problem is more with how earmarks are done than with what earmarks do. Mine, too.<br /><br />A ban would be the wrong way to go, though, the abdication of an important Congressional prerogative that's part of the warp and woof of our Constitutional separation of powers. We don't need another arena of Constitutional erosion.Shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-62009961796401347562010-11-24T17:22:36.943-08:002010-11-24T17:22:36.943-08:00Both sides do the earmark thing, but if you look h...Both sides do the earmark thing, but if you look historically at the past 184 Bills (all that I have looked at so far), by far the biggest and most earmarks have gone to Democratic folks.<br /><br />Earmarks SHOULD be 100% banned for both parties, and a Bill should be about that Bill's and only that Bill's issues.<br /><br />Don<br />http://exposeyourblog.comDonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159668310453607824noreply@blogger.com