CL – Earmarks: The debate continues

CL – Earmarks: The debate continues

Alaska’s “bridge to nowhere” was wasteful federal spending. But federal funds directed to Mississippi for university research or to fund the defense industry is a good investment of tax dollars.

It’s the other state’s earmarks that represent waste. Not ours. Right?

In the Fiscal Year 2008 federal budget, Mississippi received 238 congressional “earmarks” that brought $511 million to state-related entities. In FY 2009, Mississippi received 249 earmarks that brought $900 million to the state.

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8/23/9