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Opening Arguments

The fix is in

It's hard to stop the gravy train when so many want to ride:

Muncie City Council has joined the Delaware County commissioners and Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora in urging U.S. Rep. Mike Pence to rethink his boycott of budgetary earmarks.

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"It's our money going back to the federal government," Democratic council member Sam Marshall said. "Why shouldn't we recoup some of that money?"

The resolution was specifically aimed at convincing Pence to help score federal aid through the transportation bill for local road and street projects.

And it's my money going to the federal government and back to you, isn't it? "Score federal aid" is an interesting way to put it. Scoring is what junkies call it whe

Comments

Bob G.
Thu, 07/09/2009 - 10:21am

Yeah...be REAL nice if these politicinas would STOP taking money out of their ONE pocket (saying it was going to WE, the PEOPLE) and constantly placing it in their OTHER pocket (and still telling us what they "gave back" to us)...

Real nice...

;)

john b. kalb
Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:24pm

Bob - You left out the 20% -25% that stays in DC!!! Maybe we can talk Souder into moving to Muncie and run against Pence. Then we would be rid of him! But, NO, not a good idea -we need to put Mark out to a Grabill pasture!

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