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...That's a real problem. Obama recently released his 2010 budget outline, which addresses those larger issues. He also pledged a new framework for additional earmark reforms for 2010. But it's lame for Obama's aides to dismiss the 2009 budget as leftover business from the Bush era. He's the President. He wasn't elected to ignore the leftover business from the Bush era. He ought to be taking heat for punting - not only on the earmarks, but on the other $402 billion worth of government spending. But his critics, from McCain on the Senate floor to Maureen...
...They're missing the point. Earmarks are the grimy political grease that helps our spending motor run. They're not completely innocuous - $7.7 billion is real money - but the real problem right now is the motor. It's as inefficient as Georgia blueberries...
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