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When he ran for president, then-Sen. Barack Obama argued that earmarks account for a mere "0.5 percent of the total federal budget," so eliminating earmarks would not solve the problem.
With that attitude, they ought to put up a new Welcome to Washington sign that reads: Prodigo ergo prodigo. I spend, therefore I keep spending.
Enter the fiscal watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste's latest annual "pig book" -- which found $16.5 billion in congressional earmarks, or line-item local pet spending projects pushed by individual lawmakers -- approved in the 2010 fiscal year...
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