President Barack Obama needs to show the American people were his loyalty and might really lies. If President Obama is for the people than as Congress gets ready to pass this $410-billion spending bill of 1,132 pages, he needs to go through each line of the bill and veto unnecessary pet project requests by many lawmakers. In fact President Obama will definitely have to flex his might when dealing with some of his own party who want millions of tax payer dollars to be used toward projects such as the preservation a remaining section of Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
While Detroit and the state of Michigan needs all the help it can get, the idea of spending $3.8 million to preserve part of a baseball stadium where majority of it has already been torn down, amazes me. That is why President Obama needs to live up to his promise of using line-item veto power to make sure the American tax payer dollars are being used responsibly and effectively. For years particularly the last two decades, our lawmakers have used our tax payer dollars to pay for useless pet projects in their home states and in their vacation resort spots without any checks and balances.
Now with the emergence of pet project watchdog groups who have been uncovering many of the pork spending layered in congressional bills after they pass, pet projects and pork spending has become a lot harder for lawmakers to do. Nonetheless, the change that was promised to come to D.C. in regards to pet projects and pork spending has not completely occurred but the transparency of such projects and spending is being made available to the public before congress passes bills now. That is a huge step in the right direction but it isn’t enough.
The 111th Congress has no means of wanting to stop pork barrel spending and pet projects from the looks of the $410 appropriations spending bill that is being brought before both houses of Congress. That is why President Obama needs to live up to his promise of using line-item veto power to get rid of pet projects and pork barrel spending that wastes tax payer dollars more than it does good for taxpayers. I understand the saying that one means junk is another man’s treasure but when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars on projects in lawmaker home states, our United States Congress and the President need to be held more responsible for their actions.
The projects and pork barrel spending that many lawmakers want in the $410 spending bill is not necessary in most cases and will not help generate the economy as well as create jobs that many of the states need. Therefore President Obama and his administration need to make sure that the President flexes his muscle by line-item vetoing many of the spending proposals layered in the $410 billion spending bill. It is not right that projects such as the preservation of a part of Tiger Stadium is being paid for by taxpayers when the Illitch family who owns the Detroit Tigers don’t want to pay for the historical preservation of it and many ex-Tigers who made millions and have millions don’t want to pay for it.
In fact Major League Baseball hasn’t done anything to try to preserve the historical relevance of the old stadium so why should the American taxpayers flip the bill for such a venture. The $3.8 million that Michigan U.S. Senator Carl Levin wants for that pet project should go toward the renovation of many buildings in the city of Detroit or perhaps the tearing down of depilated houses and buildings throughout the Michigan particularly the cities of Detroit, Flint, and Highland Park need financial assistance in doing that the most. That’s why President Obama needs to not only show the Republican Party what he’s made of but he needs to show members of his own party that won’t stand for the same old reckless spending that took place in the past.
While the 111th Congress is not proposal as many pork barrel pet projects as the 110th Congress did but let’s keep in mind that was a Democratically controlled Congress too. Therefore the Democrats who control both houses of Congress now can’t compare themselves to themselves as if they are getting better when they are simply continuing to the same thing over and over again. Now is not the time to commend the 111th Congress for not proposal as many pet projects as they did around this time two years ago because some of the projects they are proposal are like the bridge to nowhere which many of them want to taunt as the image of wasteful spending.
Let’s be real, the 111th Congress can’t be trusted with the American taxpayer money and that is why our only hope in preserving our money from being used wastefully is for President Barack Obama to flex his might and line-item veto much of the $410 billion spending bill. President Obama must show his own party that he is not a punk and must of all he must restore the American people faith that he wants bi-partisan by standing up to his own party when it comes to pork barrel spending and pet projects. The time to finally put government on the side of the people must take place now and that is why President Obama must his line-item veto power not now but right now.
While Detroit and the state of Michigan needs all the help it can get, the idea of spending $3.8 million to preserve part of a baseball stadium where majority of it has already been torn down, amazes me. That is why President Obama needs to live up to his promise of using line-item veto power to make sure the American tax payer dollars are being used responsibly and effectively. For years particularly the last two decades, our lawmakers have used our tax payer dollars to pay for useless pet projects in their home states and in their vacation resort spots without any checks and balances.
Now with the emergence of pet project watchdog groups who have been uncovering many of the pork spending layered in congressional bills after they pass, pet projects and pork spending has become a lot harder for lawmakers to do. Nonetheless, the change that was promised to come to D.C. in regards to pet projects and pork spending has not completely occurred but the transparency of such projects and spending is being made available to the public before congress passes bills now. That is a huge step in the right direction but it isn’t enough.
The 111th Congress has no means of wanting to stop pork barrel spending and pet projects from the looks of the $410 appropriations spending bill that is being brought before both houses of Congress. That is why President Obama needs to live up to his promise of using line-item veto power to get rid of pet projects and pork barrel spending that wastes tax payer dollars more than it does good for taxpayers. I understand the saying that one means junk is another man’s treasure but when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars on projects in lawmaker home states, our United States Congress and the President need to be held more responsible for their actions.
The projects and pork barrel spending that many lawmakers want in the $410 spending bill is not necessary in most cases and will not help generate the economy as well as create jobs that many of the states need. Therefore President Obama and his administration need to make sure that the President flexes his muscle by line-item vetoing many of the spending proposals layered in the $410 billion spending bill. It is not right that projects such as the preservation of a part of Tiger Stadium is being paid for by taxpayers when the Illitch family who owns the Detroit Tigers don’t want to pay for the historical preservation of it and many ex-Tigers who made millions and have millions don’t want to pay for it.
In fact Major League Baseball hasn’t done anything to try to preserve the historical relevance of the old stadium so why should the American taxpayers flip the bill for such a venture. The $3.8 million that Michigan U.S. Senator Carl Levin wants for that pet project should go toward the renovation of many buildings in the city of Detroit or perhaps the tearing down of depilated houses and buildings throughout the Michigan particularly the cities of Detroit, Flint, and Highland Park need financial assistance in doing that the most. That’s why President Obama needs to not only show the Republican Party what he’s made of but he needs to show members of his own party that won’t stand for the same old reckless spending that took place in the past.
While the 111th Congress is not proposal as many pork barrel pet projects as the 110th Congress did but let’s keep in mind that was a Democratically controlled Congress too. Therefore the Democrats who control both houses of Congress now can’t compare themselves to themselves as if they are getting better when they are simply continuing to the same thing over and over again. Now is not the time to commend the 111th Congress for not proposal as many pet projects as they did around this time two years ago because some of the projects they are proposal are like the bridge to nowhere which many of them want to taunt as the image of wasteful spending.
Let’s be real, the 111th Congress can’t be trusted with the American taxpayer money and that is why our only hope in preserving our money from being used wastefully is for President Barack Obama to flex his might and line-item veto much of the $410 billion spending bill. President Obama must show his own party that he is not a punk and must of all he must restore the American people faith that he wants bi-partisan by standing up to his own party when it comes to pork barrel spending and pet projects. The time to finally put government on the side of the people must take place now and that is why President Obama must his line-item veto power not now but right now.
LINE-ITEM VETO POWER MUST BE USED!
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