Serious About Spending?

If the President is serious about spending and controlling pork, he should have vetoed this bill. "Last year's business" is an excuse and doesn't hold water. He's the President. Leaders don't make excuses.

Here are some items that are supposed to make us feel better about it:

Among the many earmarks are $485,000 for a boarding school for at-risk native students in western Alaska and $1.2 million for Helen Keller International so the nonprofit can provide eyeglasses to students with poor vision.

The $410 billion bill includes significant increases in food aid for the poor, energy research and other programs.

There are bills these should be placed in, not the budget.

Let's see the less "warm and fuzzy" stuff.

According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, there is $7.7 billion in earmarks. A number of them are given as examples here.

I don't particularly care whose earmark it is. It's pork and it needs to go. Put it in a bill where it can be debated on its' merits.