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Originally Posted by bjl584
Does anyone actually believe that if you send extra money to the government that it will go to paying down the national debt?
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It doesn't matter. $2.5mm is nothing compared to the rate each legislative session piles on new debt.
Personally, I believe it's all futile until we begin to hold all candidates up to the standards of Oklahoma's Sen. Tom Coburn. Halfway through his first term, he's upheld his pledge to fight against the "way things have always been done." He's never requested a single earmark and has fought against waste whereever he sees it. He's probably the most hated man in the Senate. It's too bad he's a lone voice crying in the Washington wilderness.