The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: twyacht on December 15, 2010, 05:16:54 AM
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Instead of just hashing out an extension of the current tax rates, House DEMOCRATS pack in thousands of earmarks, or as the MSM calls them "sweetners"...
Election? What election,...they could care less.
We, the citizenry, are getting the middle finger from these rats, including some Republicans, who should be called on it.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/12/dems_dump_2000_page_omnibus_sp.html
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, responded in a statement, saying that after neglecting to pass a budget, "today we learn Senate Democrats now want to sandwich them together, totaling almost 2,000 pages, and jam them through in the waning moments of this lame duck session before anyone can read them. This political end-around reveals just how quickly my colleagues across the aisle have already forgotten the voters' message in November."
What about those earmarks?
In total, thousands of earmark requests are listed. The financial services
earmark chart, for instance, lists 220 earmark requests from dozens of lawmakers, mostly in the House, each worth anywhere from $50,000 to $2.4 million. The largest sum was requested by Inouye and his Hawaii colleague Sen. Daniel Akaka for "Bank on USA" demonstration projects" in their state. The projects are designed to give underserved communities greater access to financial institutions.
Elsewhere, the Department of Defense earmark list, mostly requests by senators, is 29 pages long and individual requests more often are worth $2 million to $5 million each. In that list, Inouye's requests total more than $159 million, including $21 million for a Hawaii Federal Health Care Network. Cornyn's defense spending earmarks total nearly $16 million.
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NBC News, included $204,000 for NC "Beaver Management Programs",....aren't bullets and traps cheaper? >:(
$234,000 for noxious weed studies in Nevada,.......it's called Round-Up.. >:(
$305,000 for virus free grape development in Washington State........"it's called decent soil and fertilizer,... >:(
and on, and on, and on,.....
Profanity restricts me from going on.....Let's just say, tar and feathering needs to make a comeback.
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The largest sum was requested by Inouye and his Hawaii colleague Sen. Daniel Akaka for "Bank on USA" demonstration projects" in their state. The projects are designed to give underserved communities greater access to financial institutions.
Greater access??
Have they ever heard of a computer? Even dial up will connect you to your bank and you can do pretty much whatever you want.
Or do they mean "greater access" like, "we'll give you a loan you don't have a snowballs chance of paying back."
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NBC News, included $204,000 for NC "Beaver Management Programs"
If NC can pay for travel and clear it with the wife, I feel it would be my honor and privilege to catagorize, inspect and manage their beavers.
I'll do it for only $100,000. ;D
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Montana's own Senator Tester added a bunch in there too with a federal land grab of a bunch of "wilderness" acreage to start. People here are not happy one bit.
-Bidah
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$234,000 for noxious weed studies in Nevada,.......it's called Round-Up.. >:(
medicinal weeds?
deepwater
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medicinal weeds?
deepwater
Most likely talking about Jimson weed and Sheeps bane.
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Most likely talking about Jimson weed and Sheeps bane.
Not to be confused with WOLF Bane!! ;D
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Once again our elected "representatives" extend a huge middle finger in the direction of those who sent what should have been a pretty clear message on election day.