Club for Growth Commends Nancy Pelosi
Club for Growth Commends Pelosi on Possible Earmark Moratorium
Washington – The Club for Growth commends Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for considering a moratorium on earmarks for the Fiscal Year 2009 and encourages her to take the necessary steps to shut off the pork spigot, even if it is just for one year.
To be sure, Nancy Pelosi is motivated by less than pure intentions. It is hard to believe the former appropriator and consummate porker has suddenly become a great defender of taxpayers, but it will be taxpayers who win nonetheless. In the past fiscal year, taxpayers were forced to foot the bill for more than $18 billion in pork projects. Some of these earmarks included Kansas’ Prison Museum, California’s Mule and Packers Museum, and Maine’s Lobster Institute.
Already thirty lawmakers have taken personal moratoriums upon themselves in recognition of how out of control the earmarking process has gotten. Nancy Pelosi should follow their lead.
“It’s not often the Club for Growth has an opportunity to commend Nancy Pelosi, but we are more than happy to take advantage of the opportunity when it presents itself,” said Club for Growth Executive Director David Keating. “American taxpayers deserve an end to the wasteful pork spending whether the initiative comes from the Democrats or the Republicans. There is no reason why taxpayers should be forced to spend their hard-earned money on a hippie museum and the Bridge to Nowhere. We urge both Democrats and Republicans to step up to the plate and do the right thing.”
