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Earlier this week I saw this article explaining how Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson are seeking $105 million in federal funds to deepen the Savannah harbor.
A few questions went through my mind when I saw that – questions like “Why is the Savannah harbor suddenly not deep enough?” and “How deep does a harbor need to be?” The article mentions that deeper harbors can bring in larger ships, but I’ll not even get into whether or not we should be deepening the Savannah harbor with federal money we don’t have.
I’m more interested in the last line of that article, which said:
Chambliss defends his use of earmarks, saying it’s pennies compared to the federal deficit.
Saxby Chambliss says we should spend this money because it’s such a small part of the federal deficit. Is this really one of the two Georgia Senators who recently said we need to balance the budget?”
If the Senators who want to curb spending would, you know, actually curb spending, we could start to make progress on a balanced budget. Little projects all add up to be one big deficit.
Maybe we should get rid of Senator Chambliss. After all, he is only 1% of the Senate.
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