On Feb 8, 2:02*pm, Telamon
wrote:
In article ,

*dave wrote:
Telamon wrote:

There must be an iron clad rule that bills can not be written to include
spending of this nature and congress people must recluse themselves from
voting on a bill when prudent. If they are not doing this then they are
playing the pork bill vote buying power game. Congress people should be
impeached for vote buying. That will get rid of the scum that keeps
getting voted back into office.

I will agree to that provided you agree that we make defense contractors
not-for-profit enterprises.

- Nope. National defense is one of the few things
- the Federal government is supposed to spend
- money on. The Federal Government is charged
- with providing for the common defense.

Dang Dave - Telamon is Right-On !

The Constitution of the United States of America
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut....preamble.html
* * * Preamble {Starting With} "We The People...."
We the people of the United States, in order to
form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States of America.