Thursday, March 19, 2009

American Earmark

Daniel Henninger with a modest proposal:
Instead of hiding, President Obama should have signed all 8,000 earmarks on the White House lawn. [snip]

Let's not be shy about this. Given its past sins, the earmark pork barrel must migrate to America's most transparent medium -- television.

An Earmark Shopping Network comes to mind. But that sounds corrupt. Instead, let the FCC mandate that major TV stations in each state launch a new series -- "American Earmark." The earmark competitor pool is bottomless. This year's 8,500 earmarks works out to an average of nearly 16 per Member of Congress.

Henninger suggests each member could do a song and dance for each project, then we vote. My song suggestion in case they're stuck:

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