The proper question is not "Should all members of Congress have to disclose the names of companies that benefit from their earmarks?" Rather, the proper question is, "How could members of Congress disclose the names of all the companies that benefit from their earmarks? People hear the words like "earmarks", or worse: "pork", and immediately rage fills their mind and smoke comes out of their ears. This is the way they have been conditioned to react. In reality, one demagogue's "earmark" is your city, county or state improvements. The maintenance, construction projects; you know, the stuff ...
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