Bureaucracy Helping Lawmakers Skirt Earmark Ban
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Waste & Government Reform
Never underestimate the ability of politicians to weasel out of any restriction on how they waste our money:
A House Democrat indicated Thursday that lawmakers are getting around the new ban on earmarks by convincing Obama administration officials to fund their pet projects.
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), an appropriator, made the remarks during an appearance on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program.
In response to a question about whether earmark bans have “curtailed” the Appropriations Committee’s power, Moran responded, “No, and I have to say — and I’m going to be as candid as possible — the appropriators are going to be okay because we know people in agencies and so on…”
They’re going to be okay. It’s just the rest of America that’s screwed.
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