Comments on: Anatomy of an Earmark http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/anatomy_of_an_e.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AntZ http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/anatomy_of_an_e.html/comment-page-1#comment-3573 AntZ Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:23:47 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/08/anatomy_of_an_e.html#comment-3573 <p>It appears that someone made commitments in the community and here are payback projects as they are probably some kind if effort on behalf of an elected Federal representative to take care of their own back yards. If this is multiplied by the favors owed by legislators nationwide then we understand why our deficient is so huge, despite the war effort. </p> <p>That is why I’ve always contended we have no financial crisis in this country that responsible financial management won’t solve. Our problem is there is no will and where there is no will, there will be no way. We are to dumbded down as a society to hold elected officials accountable for their behaviors.</p> <p>Excuses are acceptable and the politicians are masters at diverting the issues and using sound bites. Research is a good thing but when a name is attached to the research it definitely is an earmark or better said a gift at the taxpayer’s expense.</p> It appears that someone made commitments in the community and here are payback projects as they are probably some kind if effort on behalf of an elected Federal representative to take care of their own back yards. If this is multiplied by the favors owed by legislators nationwide then we understand why our deficient is so huge, despite the war effort.

That is why I’ve always contended we have no financial crisis in this country that responsible financial management won’t solve. Our problem is there is no will and where there is no will, there will be no way. We are to dumbded down as a society to hold elected officials accountable for their behaviors.

Excuses are acceptable and the politicians are masters at diverting the issues and using sound bites. Research is a good thing but when a name is attached to the research it definitely is an earmark or better said a gift at the taxpayer’s expense.

]]> By: Anon http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/anatomy_of_an_e.html/comment-page-1#comment-3572 Anon Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:42:03 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/08/anatomy_of_an_e.html#comment-3572 <p>As an academic, I also am opposed to earmarks. Peer-review of proposals, such as through NSF and NIH are already, in my opinion, far from optimal, even according to these agencies own definition. Earmarks just make the process even less objective, and more politicized.</p> <p>Unfortunately, these days more and more funding is available through earmarks rather through the NSF.</p> As an academic, I also am opposed to earmarks. Peer-review of proposals, such as through NSF and NIH are already, in my opinion, far from optimal, even according to these agencies own definition. Earmarks just make the process even less objective, and more politicized.

Unfortunately, these days more and more funding is available through earmarks rather through the NSF.

]]> By: Bill Allison http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/anatomy_of_an_e.html/comment-page-1#comment-3571 Bill Allison Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:16:33 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/08/anatomy_of_an_e.html#comment-3571 <p>Just a thought -- check the lobbying records of these groups. Here's the entry for Scottsdale Healthcare, for example:</p> <p>http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/m_opr_viewer.exe?DoFn=3&CLI=SCOTTSDALE%20HEALTHCARE&CLIQUAL==</p> Just a thought — check the lobbying records of these groups. Here’s the entry for Scottsdale Healthcare, for example:

http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/m_opr_viewer.exe?DoFn=3&CLI=SCOTTSDALE%20HEALTHCARE&CLIQUAL==

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