Author: Zaroc StoneZaroc Stone Date: Sep 11, 2008 07:15
McCain's Phony Earmark Ploy
By Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. Posted September 11, 2008.
McCain promises to slash earmarks and save us money. But earmarks are
a tiny fraction of the federal budget -- less than 1 percent in 2008.
If elected, John McCain pledges to veto any bill with earmarks. McCain
touts his opposition to earmarks as a crusade against corruption and
waste. However, some observers suspect that McCain's pledge to fight
earmarks is just another power grab for the executive branch.
"I got an old ink pen, my friends, and the first pork-barrel-laden
earmark, big spending bill that comes across my desk, I will veto it.
You will know their names. I will make them famous, and we'll stop
this corruption," McCain said at a campaign stop in Washington, D.C.,
this week.
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