buy a vote

Congress has passed a $307 BILLION, 5 year, farm subsidy bill even though President Bush has said he will veto it. It appears Congress will have the votes to override the veto if Mr. Bush follows through with his threat. Congress is in a panic to buy votes in order to hold their seats.

This is exactly what is wrong with Congress... they are more interested in purchasing votes with subsidies and earmarks than passing meaningful legislation to help all Americans. This is, also, why I have repeatedly advocated "Don't re-elect incumbents!"

I hear people all the time blaming President Bush for the state of the economy but I just don't see it. The President of the United States can't do anything without Congress passing legislation. For the past 1 1/2 years Congress has only passed "crap" legislation (like above). Most members of Congress have a mentality that they must attach earmarks, to benefit their state and/or district, to any piece of legislation that comes along. This is nothing more than buying votes.

We need leaders in Congress and the White House that are opposed to earmarks and are for term limits. Of course, not many in Congress would favor term limits because they are career politicians and have no useful skills.

When looking at the earmarks records of the three major remaining presidential candidates two of them have a substantial "addiction" to earmarks.  Senators Clinton and Obama are heavy users of earmarks. Senator Obama is one of the biggest users, dollar wise, in the entire Congress. (Ever notice how the liberals like to spend our money for their own use?) Although Sen. Clinton uses earmarks she is not as heavy as the junior senator from Illinois. Obama certainly learned how to use earmarks in his first term.

What about McCain? Senator McCain has never used an earmark to acquire benefits or funds for his state! At least, from this standpoint, Sen. McCain is a fiscal conservative! Yeah, that was a little plug for McCain.

So, as we near the elections I'm back on the kick of...

DON'T RE-ELECT INCUMBENTS!