I'm not applauding earmarks, ...
and I have no love lost for Harry Reid.
All that I am saying is that: ...
it could be a lot worse;
... look before you leap..
So far as I am concerned, the government(s) have no business involved in anything that:
isn't absolutely essential;
and can't be done without government involvement.
It bothers me for the government to take our money.
It infuriates me for the government to take our freedom !
If we lose our 1st and 2nd Amendment Rights to free speech and to bear arms;
our pathetic money and all of our wealth will be useless.