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  • Unknown Member

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    March 11, 2009 at 11:24 am

    Earmarks have both a positive side and a negative side. On the positive side, it allows politicians to fund projects that are important to their districts. In some cases these may be good projects.  On the negative side it is a corruptive form of “bipartisan” government and part of the horse trading that normally goes on.  It is not a far stretch to think that the majority party can negotiate to allow selected minority party members to insert their earmarks in a bill, with the quid pro quo that those members votes for that bill, or promises to side with the majority on a future pet bill.