Tag: congressionally directed spending
Reflections on Pork and Credit-Claiming in the Ruins of Ancient Rome
by Sean Kelly When he died Senator Robert Byrd reportedly had 11 post offices and 2 airports in the state of West Virginia named after him. After the death of Senator Ted Kennedy–owin... Read More
The Paradox of Earmark Reform
Earlier this year House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dbavid Obey (D-WI) announced a ban on earmarks for private for-profit companies in House Appropriations bills. Like earlier earmark refo... Read More
Interview on LATalkRadio.com
We did our first interview about the book with LATalkRadio.com hosted by Brendan Huffman. Click the title above to give it a listen. It runs about 20 minutes.... Read More
Four Myths About Congressional Earmarks
Never has a quote so accurately summed up the arguments of earmark critics, and rarely is a quote as demonstrably false as this one from a New York Times article published on July 4, 2010.[1] Critics ... Read More
Why Cheese Factories on the Moon?
It seems like a complete non-sequitur: Cheese Factories on the Moon. The title does not exactly scream “earmarks” or even “politics.” The first publisher to offer us a contract for... Read More
