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In response to "Obama's earmark ban means nothing -- (link)" by Strongbad

actually it means quite a lot.

Posted by znufrii Jan 27 '09, 06:06

it means people who will try and wield their influence will have to do so closer to people who know what their communities' needs are, as opposed to someone in Washington DC.

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So in other words, the earmarks are still there, they're just called "ready-to-go local projects" ? - Strongbad Jan 27, 06:26 8
- well, no. - znufrii Jan 27, 06:31 5
  - allocations of revenue in a bill that are directed to a specific project or recipient typically in a legislator�s home state or district -- nm - Strongbad the Belittler Jan 27, 06:36 3
    - Considering that this bill is specifically looking for state and local project to fund, you should probably take issue with the whole bill then. - ty97 Jan 27, 06:38 2
      - All I'm doing is holding Obama to his "no earmark" policy. - Strongbad the Belittler Jan 27, 06:42 1
        
        And to be 100% accurate, I'm not holding Obama to it. Yet. - Strongbad the Belittler Jan 27, 06:44
  - generally I think you've conflated earmarks with pork. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 06:34
- yep, it's exactly the same thing. - ty97 Jan 27, 06:27 1
  - Woo! -- nm - Strongbad the Belittler Jan 27, 06:28

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