Liberty MavenRon Paul turns earmark defense into Fed transparency advocacy on the House floor
March 10th, 2009 9:57 pm | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Big Government, congress, Federal Reserve, government spending, Maven Commentary, Ron Paul | 5 Responses
Prior to appearing on Fox with Neil Cavuto today Ron Paul gave a speech on the House floor where he tied the earmark debate to his Federal Reserve transparency bill, HR 1207.
This was a masterful political move for Ron Paul. He knows he is now getting attention and criticism for being an “earmarker”. He utilizes that attention to push his bill, a bill that most lawmakers should get behind.
I’m not being critical of Paul here. In fact I think it is a great idea to tie earmarks to Fed transparency, even if it wasn’t intentional. I was a bit critical of Paul on earmarks in my article with the Cavuto interview earlier today. Paul submitting earmarks and not voting for them puts him in a precarious political position of having to explain and defend himself to the public. The public is largely ignorant of the ‘workings’ of earmarks which immediately leaves Paul at a disadvantage.
So he gets up on the House floor and rather than tip-toe around the subject he comes right out and admonishes his fellow lawmakers saying “We need more earmarks!” In doing so he makes a great point that is difficult for anyone to refute. At least with earmarks we know where the money is going. The same cannot be said for the rest (99%) of our tax money. Watch him work his Ron Paul magic below.
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March 11th, 2009 at 4:26 am (#)
Testing the new commenting system.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:28 pm (#)
Cavuto needs to watch this.
March 13th, 2009 at 2:39 am (#)
Good ol' Neil isn't listening, is he?
March 25th, 2009 at 3:12 pm (#)
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May 26th, 2009 at 1:23 am (#)
Hey guys, don't forget those guys know where their bread is buttered!