When asked how they will fix the debt, many candidates may point to seemingly  painless solutions such as reducing fraud, ending earmarks, or cutting foreign aid . ... The President's budget includes a number of program integrity proposals,  which on a combined basis would only save about $6 billion per year according  to ...
Nov 10, 2010 ... Eliminating earmarks does not actually save any money This argument has  serious logical inconsistencies. ... If Congress does not do earmarks in 2011, we  could save $16.1 billion. ... Earmarks represent a very tiny portion of the federal  budget and eliminating them would do little to reduce the deficit.
Jul 30, 2014 ... Do we really believe that the same bureaucrats responsible for the Veterans  Affairs scandal, the disastrous health care rollout and the IRS targeting of political  ... Not only has the earmark ban been ineffective at reining in spending or  reducing waste, fraud and abuse, the ban has also had the unintended ...
Oct 17, 2014 ... The federal government does too many things that would be done better by  individuals or businesses in the private sector, or by state and local governments,  or that should not be done at all. Ultimately, succeeding in eliminating waste and  controlling government spending requires reducing the size and ...
With an earmark, Congress directs a specified amount of money from an  agency's budget to be spent on a particular project. In the past members of  Congress did not have to identify themselves or the project. The process of  earmarking was substantially reformed since the 110th United States Congress  between January 3, ...
Eliminating earmarks does not reduce spending.