Posted by
Jack Cruger on Monday, January 26, 2009 11:43:44 AM
James Clyburn wants the new stimulus lending package distributed to the U.S. House Representative’s Districts, bypassing the State Governor’s office, and he (Clyburn, who is black) decided the way to do it was to play the race card by associating Governor Sanford family’s ownership of a Plantation.
Clyburn, the highest-ranking black lawmaker in the House, is the King of the earmarks, in South Carolina, and keeps most of his family’s employers in business with our earmarked money, as was highlighted in a Sun News article by David Wren on Aug. 9, 2007.
Simply put Clyburn has been told by President Obama that he will accept no more earmarks and Clyburn is starting to panic. This means he can’t ride around in his big car which is supported by the taxpayer’s money, through the $160,000 salary he gets, and hand out earmarked checks supplying his “Plantation” with their “daily bread”.
Clyburn forgets that a large population of slaves were owned by and worked on Plantations owned by Black Plantation Owners in or near his Sixth District. “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones”.
This new $800 million stimulus plan, or “daily bread”, has enough pork (earmarks) in its detail and that is what Clyburn has his eyes on but at least this pork (now being called requested bailouts) is getting debated in Congress. Clyburn knows he can only keep control of his “Plantation” by getting the pork sent directly to him so he can play the “Big Hoss” role.
Even though I am against this legislation I am in favor of a system that allows for the Governors to be the only ones in their State to request money from the Federal Government, and spend that money on projects which are state wide. The requested money should fit within the spending appropriations bills that are debated in Congress. Earmarks are not debated and slipped into the bill after the House committee approves the approbations and before the total House votes, by the District Representatives.
It is unfortunate that Speaker, Nancy Polosi, has seen fit only to allow the Republicans to submit proposals which will be judged, not debated. She is also seeking more than the $800 billion, now being requested.