Tom Schatz
Tom Schatz
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Members of Congress are well aware that we are about to face massive debts and deficits, and we're spending for an entrance to a museum? It's just not a national priority under any circumstance, and less so when we've got to spend billions to clean everything up (in the Gulf).
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The Deficit Reduction Act is a modest step to control spending. There is nothing compassionate about ignoring reality and leaving a crushing debt burden to future generations.
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Cutting waste is a politically difficult task because almost every program has an active constituency that profits from the status quo, ... But Sen. Chambliss recognizes that the federal government must set priorities. He has taken a long- term view of the nation's fiscal problems and makes a serious effort to tackle the enormous debt being left to future generations.
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With all the special interests in Washington clamoring for handouts from a spendthrift Congress, the fight against big government is an uphill battle. Thanks to people like Sen. Chambliss, taxpayers have a fighting chance and will continue to score victories,
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Everyone's opening up their wallets to help (Katrina's victims) -- except members of Congress, who are opening up our wallets.
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Unfortunately disasters become an excuse for excessive spending. When it's within the region, people try to add these projects on.
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We cover a lot of ground. Hey, that's the way Washington works, right?
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With a line-item veto, the president could help get special-interest and pork-barrel spending under control. Coming on the heels of last year's record pork-barrel spending, this proposal could not be more timely.
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Most people don't travel first class, and when they see the government abusing that privilege it certainly raises questions about government waste in Washington.
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Pork-barrel spending illustrates and contributes to the meltdown of spending restraint in Washington.
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Our point is simple. These projects were wasteful before, and they only seem more wasteful because we have a real emergency,
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It is bad procurement policy for any state to unilaterally lock itself into one set of technologies.
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Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.
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Given the current circumstances, whoever becomes majority leader will have to be careful about appearing to do something special for their friends or district.