Yes, when the gov't is corrupted by a GOPer like Stevens.
Its not a GOP thing.
Really:
"According to an analysis by Taxpayers for Common Sense, the 2005 Consolidated Omnibus Spending Bill contains 11,732 earmarks at a total cost of $15.8 billion. That's a 48% increase in the number of earmarks, and a 48% increase in earmark spending."
lpidaho.blogspot.com
"Before Gingrich and his troops took the majority in Congress in 1995, it was an article of faith among conservatives that Democrats were corrupt, fiscally irresponsible, and out of touch. Few issues symbolized this corruption like the proliferation of pork projects sent home by representatives and senators to “buy” another term. It was an article of faith that such practices would be eliminated immediately once Republicans took over.
Six years later, pork items have exploded. In 1995, when the GOP took over, there were 1,439 such projects. By 1998, that number had increased to over 2,000 items, and ratcheted up to 2,838 projects in 1999 and 4,326 in 2000. Most pathetically, for FY 2001, as their presidential candidate was preaching reform and fiscal restraint, a Republican-led Congress passed 6,333 pork projects, an almost 50 percent increase from the previous year."
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