Mar 11, 2009 12:44pm
Inside Murtha’s “Earmark Machine”
EmailNew details on the PMA-Murtha relationship, from Politico.com’s inimitable sultan of scandal, John Bresnahan.
Shows how Rep. Jack Murtha and the soon-to-shut-down lobby firm PMA Group funnelled millions in earmarks to PMA clients through an obscure research program at Penn State. Murtha flack tells Brez he’s "darn proud" of the program and its work "to advance electro-optic technology."
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Ironically, earmarks are fully transparent and traceable. Money that is not earmarked by congress is oftentimes passed to the executive branch where it is spent in secret. So the question should be: Should all money be earmarked for the sake of transparency and to prevent fraud? Secondly, earmarks account for 1% of government spending. The whole focus on earmarks is to make lawmakers look good, but getting rid of them will have little to know affects except to make government spending even more muddled. Listen to Ron Paul to understand more in depth.
Posted by: Huh | March 11, 2009, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
Oops, I meant little to no effect.
Posted by: Huh | March 11, 2009, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
I bet Rod Blago is even more confused now…..he probably doesn’t understand why HE got in so much trouble but everyone else gets away with it….
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1531053/pay_to_play_more_revelations_regarding.html?singlepage=true&cat=75
mB
Posted by: mjB | March 12, 2009, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm