BY JOE CONASON It isn’t the earmarks, stupid. Bullying Republican Senate leaders into a “voluntary” ban on earmarks may represent a political triumph for the Tea Party movement, but as a measure to reduce the federal deficit it is a meaningless substitute for real action. The facts about earmarks – and the deficit, for that matter – are so simple that even the dumbest birther should be able to understand. Funds directed to specific projects […]
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