Do you choose cynicism or idealism?
July 9, 2006 11:53 PM
Posted at FatMixx:
The video below contains one of the parts of the Lamont/Lieberman debate that left me conflicted. On one hand, I completely agree with Lamont. Earmarks are the worst way to bring money home to Connecticut. They represent the least transparent way to add money into contracts and the least efficient way of [...]]]>
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Lamont took a strong principled stand, while Lieberman said that he would make sure that Connecticut got their full share of slop at the public trough. This is a bigger issue than just Connecticut, and is key to whether incumbents nationally will continue to have a free hand to run roughshod over the US taxpayers in the interest of getting reelected. I comment in a linked video of the debate exchange, along with the actual transcript in the most recent post in my blog: To earmark or not to earmark, that is the question.