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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 8 Mar 11

Ahhh our wonderful President and his promises. Earmark reform? Must mean only his. Obama's budget plan has earmarked $2.7 million to go to South Dakota to purchase more land for a state park. Please show me just...

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*gasp* could it be?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 25 Jan 11

Obama calling for spending freeze and ban on earmarks in tonights State of the Union Address. Recall campaign 2008, Obama saying he would not sign a bill containing earmarks. ok stop laughing so hard, dry your eyes. He is...

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Dear Mr President and Congress

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 15 Dec 10

With the feeling of urgency to pass the tax cut bill. Tax cuts to create jobs, extending unemployment to help Americans through a tough winter with out jobs. This is what we are getting in this $1.1 TRILLION dollar spending...

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Finally something bipartisan!

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 17 Mar 10

[i]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35901626/ns/politics-capitol_hill/ WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday easily killed a move by conservative Republicans to temporarily ban senators from earmarking spending bills with back-home...

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I dont care who brings it, just do it!

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 12 Mar 10

[i]House Republicans approved a conference-wide moratorium on earmarks on Thursday, one day after a House committee enacted a ban on for-profit earmarks. The Republicans' moratorium is more extensive than the House...

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Goverment Pigs and Their Trough is your Wallet!

AngryKittyMSV @AngryKittyMSV (4317) • United States 14 Apr 09

This is not directed at simply Democrats or Republicans, both are guilty, and both are disgustingly wasting OUR money, here, the day before Tax Day, is a the Pig Book, showing the greediest slobs and detailing the wasteful...

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A Billion Dollars an Hour!

AngryKittyMSV @AngryKittyMSV (4317) • United States 13 Mar 09

As many of you know by now, yet another massive spending package (over $400 Billion) gas been approved - with some NINE THOUSAND earmarks including $5.8 million to study the Senate (WHAT???). According to Senator Mitch...

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Obama, Not keeeping His Word

pauld43 @pauld43 (194) • United States 13 Mar 09

Is it just me and my right-wing mind,it seems like president Obama is not doing what he said he would do. It seems like he is doing business as usualin Washington, with all the earmarks and his spending bill. I thought he said we...

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Government Programs Cause Inflation.. Absolutely.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 12 Mar 09

If you want to see what the next "bubble" will be, look at what the government subsidizes most. Everything they subsidize gets inflated until "BOOM", then they run around like the idiots they are, looking for the next problem to...

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Goverment is ruining our nations

mjsdls @mjsdls (1840) • United States 5 Mar 09

Why do we continue to let the goverment keep putting us further in the whole. The president said no earmarks in the stimulate package and the goverment is going to cut pork spending - they have lied on both accounts. When I...

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$2.2 Million to study Grape Genetics in NY.......

missybal @missybal (4489) • United States 26 Feb 09

Now I live in New York in their best grape growing area, we have Welch's factory, then there are all the winery businesses. My husband's cousins actually have their own winery they started just like two years ago. The grapes grow...

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Can President Obama be trusted

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 26 Jan 09

If elected I will close Gitmo - Done first thing IF elected I will give terrorist full Citizenship rights - Done first thing If elected I will end harsh questioning of terrorist - Done first thing. If elected no lobbyist...

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Do you approve of government earmarks?

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 14 Oct 08

"Congress just passed a bill containing more than 500 earmarks. Among those are the Parking Garage to Nowhere, a visitor's center that you can't visit, a federal grant to restore a mounted fish, and $10,000 in federal money to...

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McCain's statement about not taking earmarks doesn't fly

thegreatdebater @thegreatdebater (7316) • United States 9 Sep 08

I was listening to Grampa Simpson make a statement that any congressman that has been in office for 20+ years would never make. He stated that he has never accepted an earmark, nor has he ever requested one (he must have had a...

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10 Billion More Pelosi Lies.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 26 Dec 07

When Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi was gunning for the job, she said she would put an end to ear marks. She said that she would require lawmakers to be identified with their earmarks in bills. Over $10 Billion worth of...

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