{"id":70093,"date":"2017-02-03T09:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70093"},"modified":"2017-02-03T09:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:13:16","slug":"some-republican-fools-seek-to-reinstate-earmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70093","title":{"rendered":"Some Republican fools seek to reinstate earmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the pen of Poetrooper<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a political heads up for those of you who like to give your elected representatives some guidance counseling from time to time. The problem is that a small group of Republican congressmen want to reinstate the \u201cEarmarks\u201d concept wherein lawmakers can sneakily attach funding for pet projects in their districts, the said earmarks, to spending bills, so as to enhance their local popularity. This kind of self-serving promotion, which Republicans wisely eliminated in 2011, is precisely what is wrong with Congress and needs to be nipped in the bud. Here\u2019s the letter I sent to my Senator and Congressman. If you like it, feel free to copy it and send it to your own politicians as your letter.<\/p>\n

Some self-serving members of Congress are unwisely trying to reinstate the Earmarks process after all the hard work it has taken the Republican Party to get control of both houses. We are now poised to solidify those gains in the 2018 elections, so this move by these few greedy lawmakers is political insanity. The majority of the voting public absolutely hates the concept of earmarks and the liberal media will use this move as a club to pound Republican candidates in the 2018 campaign if it is passed.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are confident that you have the common sense and political savvy to recognize this foolish move to reinstate earmarks for the disaster it would prove to be. Please stand firmly against it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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