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Earmarks crowd out business and charitable spending while benefiting only insiders

Timothy Carney of The Washington Examiner writes on the dangers of earmarks.

The C3 Take
  • Earmarks are a fiscally irresponsible practice that help special interests and politicians more than the American people.
  • Earmarked spending for climate projects in the omnibus bill went prodomeninatily to rich, white areas, according to E&E News.
  • To meaningfully reduce the risks of climate change for everyone, while reducing the size of government, lawmakers must ban the practice of earmarks.
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“Earmarking is good for politicians and their buddies and bad for everyone else. It’s no surprise that politicians are restoring the practice.”

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