Dear Jim Inhofe

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by bugo

quote:Originally posted by Gaspar

I don't want my politicians bringing me any pork.  I want them to represent me in Washington, not throw me federal scraps in exchange for votes.

We have a Senate and House now full of people incapable of passing simple and necessary legislature without attaching billions of dollars of unrelated Bull $hit to it.

When will we say enough?

If it's important to your constituents, it's important enough to have its own title and to be brought to the floor on its own merit.

I would support a law requiring a separate bill for anything not related to the main bill.  One subject for each bill.  This would eliminate a lot of pork.

How much you want to bet if a bill like this were to be introduced to Congress, somebody would try to attach an unrelated earmark to it?

You freaking nailed it, Bugo!

[PonderInc]

Do you really think that would change much?  I guess it would put politicians on the record with each vote.  But at the same time, you might not get ANY bill passed, ever.  I don't think that many politicians vote for bills b/c they're the right thing to do.  They vote for bills so they can get pork for their home states (right after they get what they want for their lobbyists...).  So, they would still go ahead and vote for other guy's pork, just so they could get the other guy's support for THEIR pork on the next bill...  It would just be bartering instead of compromising.  Same outcome.