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In response to "LIR: ty97, that is the archetypal "earmark" and illustrates exactly the criticisms against earmarks that folks were raising at the time." by ReluctantCynic

fwiw, I've never been opposed to all of them, for some of the things you list there.

Posted by b., merry and bright (aka starrynit) Dec 1 '17, 17:58

for better or worse about other random things, they also helped fund a lot of good research, including for medical-related things; and, without them, it became way harder to procure that.

of course, it would be better if they weren't needed; but reality.

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Totally agree with you, b. - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 18:03
I'm not against earmarks in theory, but yeah, there are good and bad earmarks -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 17:59 2
- But mostly I was just confused to see one, since I thought they said they don't do that anymore (I thought wrong!) -- nm* - ty97 Dec 1, 17:59 1
  - Well, like a lot of things, we don't do that anymore until it is politically expedient. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 18:04

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fwiw, I've never been opposed to all of them, for some of the things you list there.

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