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Re: The Most Requested Earmarks

jesmyopinion — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:29:01 -0400

Every earmark may have its merits - the problem with our federal government is that it is spending ALOT more money than it is taking in - and just like a household, local or state government, or business will fail if it continually spends more than it takes in, our federal government IS GOING TO eventually fail! Our federal government has many plans for spending money on worthwhile programs - it just does not have the money or a plan for paying for them - and one day our federal government will fail and bring this whole country down with it! Thank your federal representatives for this!!!

Re: Dalton seeks $277m in state spending

dahedgehog — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:40:18 -0400

Only the 0.01% of the population who knows the size of the budget can put these numbers in perspective. When reporting budget numbers, you should always attempt to provide that perspective. Few of us really know the difference between millions, billions and trillions.

Re: Dalton seeks $277m in state spending

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:06:53 -0400

I will write some more posts about the spending, but I don't agree that listing the spending is making someone look bad.

A certain segment of the readership will disapprove of any government spending, I suppose, but others may be just as likely to approve of their priorities. And still others may note that $277 million is a little over 1 percent of the state budget.

— RTB

Re: Dalton seeks $277m in state spending

dahedgehog — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:56:33 -0400

You mentioned in an earlier post how this is an inaccurate measure of what members are actually trying to accomplish. Not everyone here reads every post, so you ought to keep that disclaimer in all future posts in this series.

That is, keep in the disclaimer, unless your intention is simply to make Dems look bad.

Re: Dalton seeks $277m in state spending

tangoz — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:29:42 -0400

This is a continuation of OUT OF CONTROL spending by Dalton and Hagan.

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