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Matthews: "Just to be fair, less than 2% of this $410 billion bill [Obama] signed today is earmarks"

March 11, 2009 7:01 pm ET

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By focusing on earmarks -- less than 2 percent of spending bill -- media allow bill's opponents to dictate debate

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    • Author by carlileb5935 (March 11, 2009 10:03 pm ET)
         
      Keep it up MMFA-- someone is obviously reading you.
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    • Author by tharri874 (March 11, 2009 10:11 pm ET)
         

      Meanwhile, less than 2% of the discussion of the bill is dedicated to earmarks.

      And less than 2% of the discussion of earmarks points out that earmarks are less than 2% of the $410 billion bill.

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    • Author by tharri874 (March 12, 2009 7:37 pm ET)
         
      Correction, that should be "Meanwhile, less than 2% of the discussion of the bill is dedicated to anything other than earmarks.
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