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Thursday, March 15, 2007

onPhilanthropy: Earmarks to Continue... As They Should

From OnPhilanthropy

onPhilanthropy: Earmarks to Continue... As They Should: "Viewpoint: Earmarks to Continue… As They Should
By: Mark McIntyre, 3/14/2007

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the death of congressional earmarks has been greatly exaggerated. Earmarks, those non-competitive, congressionally approved grants so tirelessly (and hypocritically) criticized by the Executive Branch, will return in this year’s appropriations bills.

And they should. Earmarks are good."

Thursday, March 15, 2007

onPhilanthropy: Earmarks to Continue... As They Should

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