How about Representative Sestak’s $800,000.00 earmark for Dragonfly Pictures (an arms manufacturer), Mr. Toomey? Dragonfly execs have contributed handsomely to Representative Sestak’s various campaigns ever since. Could there be a more flagrant example of a quid pro quo? O.K., perhaps the UFCW Local 1776/Sestak relationship, but aside from that…

The Senate version, would have banned earmarks for non-profits (as well as the for-profits banned by the house measure).

From The Hill
“Most Democrats and 25 Republicans voted against the amendment, which was set aside by a vote of 68-29.”

25 Republicans is more than half of the 41 Senate Republicans. So, I guess Toomey is out of touch with the majority of Republicans too.

Non-profits shouldn’t get any special earmarks coverage. A lot of them are crooked and just money dumps for politicians as well.

You’re right David, Pat Toomey is out of touch with most Republicans in Washington.

Adam-
non-profits don’t generally have the kind of lobbying money that “buys” influence and corrupts the system. They really are a different category.

First off earmarks only account for about $18 billion a year, so if Pat Toomey were really serious about cutting government spending, he would spend more time talking about how he would cut the biggest areas of spending – Social Security and Medicare, but of course, he’s just giving us a bunch of lip service.

Second, non-profits for the most part provide public services, which warrants public funding.

Isaac-
Let’s not forget about cutting the military budget. The US military budget is something like 40% of the global military budget.
We can already blow the world up several times over and are pretty immune from invasion.
The “contractors” in Iraq/Afghanistan are making 10-times what our troops make, doing jobs that the troops used to do. Blackwater, Haliburton. It’s pure waste.

Generally speaking, non-profits provide valuable public services and should receive government funding. Second, $18 billion a year for earmarks sounds kind of low to me. What is your source for that figure? I’d think it would be higher.

Diano’s right about cutting the military budget. Excessive military spending has created massive budget deficits which has forced our government to borrow huge sums of money from the Chinese and Japanese to fund two wars.

My two favorite words: “Diano’s right”

Toomey, I have a mark on my ear, would you take care of it.

Representative Sestak furnishes arms manufacturers with sizable earmarks, but pays his campaign staff minimum wage. Progressive Democrat – ? Apparently not.

Ahh! The military budget! The U.S. Military is the biggest money dump in world history. The Pentagon has a FY2010 budget of $702 billion. FY2010 Pentagon budget is bigger than the 2008 GDP 46 states. According to GAO they have 96 weapons development programs that are $300 billion over budget. A model of inefficiency! All of this spending and they still cant catch our number one enemy Osama bin Laden.

Toomey is really desperately reaching out at any straws he can in his hope to unseat Specter. Since he has no substance, I guess it’s all he can do.