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The case for pork
Tweet Share on Facebook January 27, 2006 Comment (1)I haven't seen a defense of pork barrel spending in the blogosphere recently, so let me make one. The late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan used to argue that pork barrel spending was politically benign because it was one way for an administration or for the congressional leadership to hold together a majority that could act decisively on other, more important issues.
Expensive, perhaps, but a small price to pay in order to assure functioning government.
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Off the rez
Tweet Share on Facebook January 27, 2006 Comment (28)National Review's John Miller has a piece in the Wall Street Journal today advocating the abolition of Indian reservations. He makes a strong argument.
