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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,

In the past, some members of Congress have short-changed troops, disaster victims, and taxpayers by including self-serving pork projects in emergency spending bills,

[Government watchdogs claim that the money has created an unseemly rush to stick taxpayers with unnecessary expenses.] There have been a number of contracts, including the one for the cruise ships, that seem hard to defend, ... It comes from not planning in advance, then doing these contracts without competitive bidding.

would mandate that state agencies use only open formats for the storage of documents by January 1, 2007.

It's only one state. At the very least, there should be more of a coordinated policy. We don't want a national policy, but we need to really consider the cost and really consider the long-term consequences.

It's easy to spend taxpayers' money without a lot of accountability,

Our point is simple. These projects were wasteful before, and they only seem more wasteful because we have a real emergency,

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).

The structure slams the door on any competition. The ULA locks up all contracts, ensuring high costs for taxpayers and stifling innovation.

Given that it's an election year (next year), there could be pressure to increase earmarks. But there could be even more pressure, on Republicans in particular, to show that they are doing something about the pork and the waste.

They just realized that they just did not have the room within the budget. They needed close to $1 billion for various programs, and they just didn't have it without taking the projects out. But whether this is a trend or a one-year aberration remains to be seen.

Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.

Despite a record $427 billion deficit predicted for fiscal 2005, members of Congress are engaging in the worst form of blatant self-interest; larding the budget with pork for home districts and states,

People paying record prices for gas are probably not thinking much about the Packard museum — they're thinking about getting the nearest pothole fixed,

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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