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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	There are bigger issues to address
	Date:	11/16/2010 10:32:34 AM

As much as I hate earmarks and think they should be banned altogether I do get a bit befuddled by all the attention they get. Frankly I would be happy to let them have 1% of the federal budget for pork projects if they would tackle entitlement spending in a meaningful way. Let's not squander valuable political capital fighting about these types of expenditures while we ignore the looming twin disasters of Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. And let me repeat, I hate earmarks as much as anyone, but the more time and energy we spend on these minor issues the less we spend on the really important stuff.

Job one for the House needs to be a repeal and replacement for Obamacare that they can send to the Senate. If the Senate fails to act then let them pay the price in 2012. And if they do by some miracle pass new legislation then Obama can veto, an override will fail and they can pay the price in 2012. Job two is to de-fund Obamacare so it cannot be implemented. Job three is to begin a meaningful discussion about entitlement spending, including the third rail of politics. Job four is to examine all these unelected, unconfirmed czars who seem to wield so much influence without any accountability to the American people. Job five is to get those federal agencies out of control back under control. First on my list would be USEPA and their fiat implementation of a carbon tax by rules and regulation rather than the legislative process. DHS would be next on my list to get them under control, especially TSA.