Posted by
Jack Cruger on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:38:39 AM
To the Editor: Myrtle Beach The Sun News
The following opinion letter was E-Mailed to the The Sun News on November 18, 2007 and as of today it has not been published which has not happen to me in a long time. I believe the reason is because there was a major article published, starting on the first page, on Sunday November 25, 2007 relaying how South Carolina has spent $2.3 Million to Lobbyists serving as PORK Brokers to get Earmarks placed in various Bills. Earmarks, in my opinion, are nothing more than bribes for votes to pass a bill. This is a legal process which is allowed by the rules of the Congress. They are however not transparent to the voters unless Congressional officials think they can get votes out of their districts in the next elections. In this case the Congressional officials involved in the following one put out Press Releases because they felt so good about serving the PORK to us, the voters.
My opinion letter was the following:
I find it truly amazing our Congressional officials think the 2006 election was all about the war in Iraq. In fact the exit polls showed the war in Iraq was forth on their priority list.
Republicans lost the seats in the Congress due to corruption and over spending which was concern number one in the exit polls.
Nothing was learned as a result of these exit polls. The Democrats are still trying to pull the troops out of Iraq and the Republicans are still voting for bills they have loaded up with “Pork or Earmarks”. An example of this was the, “Pork laden”, Water Resource Development Act where all but two of the Representatives and One Senator from South Carolina voted for the bill. Representatives, Henry Brown, Clyburn, Sprat and Senator Graham contributed $75million worth of Pork to that Barrel. This money was earmarked for local city projects, and should not be paid for by people in other states.
Wonder why the Congressional ratings are at an all time low?