Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   Drain The Swamp...Yea Right Date:   1/9/2018 6:05:31 PM

Can anyone agree with this proposal that Trump made at a meeting today with both parties as a way to get them to work together???

"Early in the hour-long conversation, Mr Trump lamented the lack of comity in Washington these days and suggested a rather swamp-friendly solution

"I hear so much about earmarks and how there was a great friendliness when you had earmarks," Trump said. "Maybe all of you should start thinking about going back to a form of earmarks".

Earmarks, for the uninitiated, are a legislative procedure where legislators can attach spending for specific projects onto larger bills, often to the benefit of constituents in their home districts.

Supporters view it as a way to grease the wheels of legislative compromise. Detractors, who succeeded in getting the practice banned when Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2011, say it encourages wasteful spending and corruption.

Now the president, who railed against the Washington "swamp" and its corrupt practices as a candidate, is endorsing a measure that capital insiders - lobbyists and lawmakers alike - once adored."