07-17-2008, 06:45 AM
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Taxpayers Go Trick-or-Treating
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Taxpayers Go Trick-or-Treating
Washington, D.C. - Much scarier than being haunted by the undead is being horrified by the Frankenstein-like growth of federal spending. In the Halloween spirit, Citizens Against Government Waste provides a list of who deserves taxpayer tricks and treats:
Trick: To House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) first for trying to suck the life’s blood from taxpayers’ wallets first in the form of a $2 million earmark for a building project that includes the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, the Rangel Conference Center, and the Charles Rangel Library at the City College of New York. Chairman Rangel took umbrage at Rep. John Campbell’s (R-Calif.) questioning of his “Monument to Me,” saying, “I would have a problem if you did it, because I don't think that you've been around long enough that having your name on something to inspire a building like this in a school.” In addition, the earmark revelation came just weeks before Chairman Rangel really went for the taxpayers’ jugulars when he unveiled his “Mummy of All Tax Bills,” which will increase taxes by $3.5 trillion over 10 years, if enacted.
Treat: To Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) for the successful removal of a $1 million wasteful earmark targeted to the Bethel Performing Arts Center Museum in New York, which includes a tribute to the 1969 Woodstock Festival. The only high that should be celebrated during Halloween is a sugar high. The money will instead go to the Maternal and Child Health block grant program.
http://www.cagw.org/site/News2?page=...s_iv_ctrl=1024
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Didn't Starkist Nancy Pelosi say:
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DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #65: “Get Rid of All” Earmarks
Promise: “Breaking with many Democrats, Ms. Pelosi also spoke out against earmarking billions of dollars for home-state projects, a practice she calls a ‘monster’ that hurts Congress. ‘I’d get rid of all of them,’ she says. ‘None of them is worth the skepticism, the cynicism the public has . . . and the fiscal irresponsibility of it.’”
– “Pelosi Promises Fiscal Restraint If Democrats Win,” Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2006
Broken Promise: “Ranking Democrats vowed in December to put a moratorium on earmarks; instead, a record number infect legislation pending in Congress, with 32,000 requests this year, compared with about 13,000 in 2006 …. Ideally, congressional Democrats would keep their pledge to ban earmarks altogether.”
– “Earmark Chicanery,” Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) Editorial, June 20, 2007
http://republicanleader.house.gov/br...nsparency.html
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