Taxpayers for Common Sense

I've added another permanent link to the front-page list of "Bee Links" for the nonprofit watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. This nonpartisan organization's goal is to track the pork barrel spending, mostly through so-called "earmarks," that Members of Congress push through with little or no oversight, wasting the people's money. If you want to get the lowdown on what your Member of Congress is doing to destroy the American treasury, this is a good place to start. And lest you think that the problem is a small one, Bill Moyers recently stated:

In 1996 there were 300 earmakrs attached to the Federal Budget...By 2006 there were 12,000. there are now - get this - 32,684 earmark requests up for approval in the House of Representatives.

That is just in the House. The Senate adds thousands more every year.

For a full rundown, both on the issue in general and on Taxpayers for Common Sense in particular, you can read the transcript of a recent Bill Moyers Journal here and view the episode here.

31 July 2007