Despite a record 427 billion deficit predicted for fiscal 2005, members of Congress are engaging in the worst form of blatant self-interest larding the budget with pork for home districts and states,
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I would like to once again ask members of Congress to take a good hard look in the mirror and ask themselves whether their parochial pork projects are really more important than our national and fiscal security.Tom Schatz
People see (military) recruitment ads on TV all the time, and I don't think anyone objects to that.
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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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It's easy to spend taxpayers' money without a lot of accountability,
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Cutting waste is a politically difficult task because almost every program has an active constituency that profits from the status quo, ... But Sen. Chambliss recognizes that the federal government must set priorities. He has taken a long- term view of the nation's fiscal problems and makes a serious effort to tackle the enormous debt being left to future generations.
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Pork-barrel spending illustrates and contributes to the meltdown of spending restraint in Washington. Instead of averting an impending fiscal crisis, members of Congress are grabbing the spoils to support their own re-election.
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