This thread discusses the Content article: Get rid of earmarks

I agree. It is good we have someone like Jason Chaffetz that is against the pork and spend that we used to blame on the democrats. (Not that they typically aren't worse).

We are spending more than we have. We should be smarter with what money that the government takes from us.

One thing that will help the economy more than the checks being sent out, is to have less of our money going to Washington DC in the 1st place.

I am voting for Jason Chaffetz. He has good ideas, and has run his campaign in the black.

I have been amazed at the attitude of the Herald. If any newspaper should be backing Jason all the way, it should. We got the best option out of 3, now Jason is the best left running.

Me too, arc1. Get rid of earmarks! And who the heck (besides the Daily Herald, that is) buys the idea that money can only be "appropriated" by earmarks?! Give me a break. When you have a broken system, look for someone with the guts to stand up and say "No More", not someone who just sadly shakes their head and says "that's just the way it is". Appropriate funds in an open, transparent way - not by hiding them in the middle of 100,000 lines of code.