Tom Schatz
Tom Schatz
aware billions clean congress debts entrance face less massive members national priority spend spending
Members of Congress are well aware that we are about to face massive debts and deficits, and we're spending for an entrance to a museum? It's just not a national priority under any circumstance, and less so when we've got to spend billions to clean everything up (in the Gulf).
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With a line-item veto, the president could help get special-interest and pork-barrel spending under control. Coming on the heels of last year's record pork-barrel spending, this proposal could not be more timely.
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Pork-barrel spending illustrates and contributes to the meltdown of spending restraint in Washington.
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People use it in different ways. However this kind of spending can gain publicity and raise objections, we don't care what it's called.
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The budget process is in shambles, devoid of accountability, transparency, and enforcement measures, ... A vote for the status quo is a clear sign of contentment with the spending explosion in Washington.
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In the past, some members of Congress have short-changed troops, disaster victims, and taxpayers by including self-serving pork projects in emergency spending bills,
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It's easy to spend taxpayers' money without a lot of accountability,
add budget check element leaders move process quickly reform spending tainted veto
The line-item veto is just one element in earmark reform, and earmark reform is just one element in spending restraint. However, the line-item veto would add an important check to a budget process that is tainted by waste, abuse, and favoritism. Congressional leaders should move quickly on this proposal.
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It is bad procurement policy for any state to unilaterally lock itself into one set of technologies.
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Unfortunately disasters become an excuse for excessive spending. When it's within the region, people try to add these projects on.
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With all the special interests in Washington clamoring for handouts from a spendthrift Congress, the fight against big government is an uphill battle. Thanks to people like Sen. Chambliss, taxpayers have a fighting chance and will continue to score victories,
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The proposed shift in software will be paid for by the taxpayers, businesses, and regular citizens of Massachusetts,
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The Deficit Reduction Act is a modest step to control spending. There is nothing compassionate about ignoring reality and leaving a crushing debt burden to future generations.
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would mandate that state agencies use only open formats for the storage of documents by January 1, 2007.