IMPERFECT BILL WILL HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION

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Even I can’t believe it, but he did it. President Obama openly admitted to signing an “imperfect bill” with earmarks, claiming it was necessary to move ahead. But before jumping guns on this one, I pulled out the dictionary to look up what an earmark was.

EARMARK: a congressional provision that directs approved funds to be spent on specific projects or that directs specific exemptions from taxes or mandated fees. Typically, a legislator seeks to insert earmarks that direct a specified amount of money to a particular organization or project in his/her home state or district.

And there you have it. Even in recession groups have found a loop hole to get their money off the top.

Here is a hint on what makes it an “imperfect bill”, it has to deal with lobbyist- you know a “favor for a favor” type of deal.

You see they go hand in hand. Lobbying is the practice of influencing decisions made by government. Now, a lobbyist is a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest or a member of a lobby. Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying but there are always loops holes.

That’s the problem, the loop holes.

President Obama knows it, and claims he will take precaution in trying to prevent any loop holes from passing through by treating this bill like two teenagers attending prom, under strict “adult supervision.”

Like prom, President Obama cannot have his full undivided attention on the bill and close every loop hole. So let’s just hope his designated supervisors don’t have their hands out for some cash themselves and are really looking out for the good of us all.