Friday, September 5, 2008

Running Against Themselves

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/opinion/04thu1.html?scp=1&sq=running%20against%20themselves&st=cse
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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Subject: Running Against Themselves
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:
    This paper persists in tallying the cost of earmarks at their face value only; the real cost is far greater. An earmark of a few millions can bring a lawmaker aboard for legislation that would otherwise have failed. Bad laws and irresponsible budgets are enacted by a patchwork of deals, each cemented with our federal dollars. In pursuit of this pork for their constituents, our representatives in congress forsake their role as national leaders.
Barry Levine

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