10-21-2008, 02:38 PM
Quote: It's not that the states are asking for special consideration, these are deals made between the congress person and some special public or private interest. Often, these pork projects are "thank you" gifts to important constituents who helped the congress person get elected in the first place. They just slip in an amendment on an unrelated bill, to fund some project in their home state.It would fall under the trade negotiations area.
It seems that voter fraud is the last thing you have to worry about. I would never have made this remark here but I am happy you did.
Anyway, if these politicians are all so evil and do only what is in there interest, isn't it strange that an organisation like ACORN is doing the frauding? If false registering was so easy I would expect some of the big guys working on it as well