Keith Ashdown
Keith Ashdown
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Our Iraq presence isn't going away; the only thing going away is the people watching how the money is being spent. If you don't have anyone watching it, the precedent is that the money will be wasted.
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We're supposed to be protecting the victims of the storms, not the people insuring them.
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There could be a loophole of hundreds of thousands of people who would not be impacted. On a percentage of their income, they're the ones that are feeling (the cost increase) a lot, lot more. Some of us have been kicked, but they've been kicked in the teeth.
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It's trickle-down contracting: You're paying a cut at every level, and it makes the final cost exponentially more expensive than it needs to be. And in almost every case, the local people who really need to be making the money are at the bottom of these upside-down pyramid schemes.
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We need to get out of the business of subsidizing people who are in harm's way.
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And in almost every case, the local people who really need to be making the money are at the bottom of these upside-down pyramid schemes.
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The other reason you see Murtha get so much is because Young does not ask for very much.
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We used to think that Mr. Lewis would be a champion for smart spending. But he brought us the biggest increase in defense earmarking in history.
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The fact is, there are not the checks and balances to make sure the money is spent well.
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Pigs will fly before we cut this pork. I don't know how we'll make this happen.
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Lawmakers are not trying to win campaign cash. They are trying to make sure that they employ thousands of people.
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We've known for years that there are some easy things on paper. But it's politically hard to limit the budgetary footprint of the federal government. Any item you try and cut, you're going to tick off an 800-pound gorilla that fights with a sledgehammer.
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Transparency is the best disinfectant. If they would disclose everything and give the public time to review it, that would change the discourse dramatically.
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You know how they call Vancouver 'North Hollywood'? Well, Alaska could become 'North North Hollywood,'