Friday, September 03, 2010
Politicians - N.C. Senator Jim DeMint
An interesting article.
I particularly liked his earmark explanation...
I particularly liked his earmark explanation...
Steve Moore writes favorably about him in the Wall Street Journal:
"His other personal crusade is to end earmarks. He thinks Republicans can reconnect with voters by doing away with pork-barrel spending. 'Mainstream America that doesn't care about politics knows we need to stop. I had a group of 400 pastors stand up and applaud when I said we've got to stop earmarks.' They understand there is something immoral and corrupting about wasting taxpayer money.
But in a $3.7 trillion budget, aren't earmarks trivial? He scoffs: 'They always say, it's just a small amount of money, but earmarks always enlarge our budget and buy votes so that massive bills can go through.' Members of Congress haven't been able to fight against obese budgets, he says, because 'when we direct money back home through earmarks, it makes us complicit in the spending process. It's a killer.'"
