ROTHMANN: Earmarks funds projects military, National Guard, science, medicine, spending projects. Let's go back to our theme, generate job growth, and that's what this Tiffany Necklaces on sale needs so desperately.NAPOLITANO: So you're suggesting that the earmarks can help the economy?ROTHMANN: I am actually. I'm sorry.NAPOLITANO: Charles -- that's all right. Don't be sorry.(LAUGHTER)Charlie, does it matter if an earmark is to build a bridge to nowhere or to expand a military base, it's still an earmark isn't it?GOYETTE: An earmark is an earmark. And, of course, Obama doesn't mind shifting the appropriation or the direction and specification of that spending to the executive branch, as long as he's president. That's all they're going to do.
And it doesn't involve reducing spending itself. It only specifies where all of this deficit spending goes. And so he's totally happy during his administration to take it away from Congress to the extent he can and leave it in the executive branch.NAPOLITANO: Nancy, I'm going to grant you this one. I believe that you predicted that Republicans would Tiffany Notes on sale be able to resist the temptation to find a way around the earmark ban, and I grant you that. They're already willing to break it. So is giving money to Grumman Aircraft on Tiffany Pendants on sale Island or to something in Michigan that's defense based, is that an earmark?SKINNER: It is. And I think, Judge, you and I are going to have Kumbaya moment here.
(LAUGHTER)NAPOLITANO: Let's have it.SKINNER: I thought it would be shared by everyone on this show.(LAUGHTER)Because you know what, the defense budget is so much easier to defend -- defense project than it is a bridge to nowhere. But your esteemed colleague there, it's funny that she says it is OK to spend on defense projects Tiffany Rings on sale that's stimulus, but it's not OK to spend on teachers and beat cops --ROTHMANN: That's not what I said.SKINNER: -- because that's bad, evil government spending.That's exactly what you said.NAPOLITANO: Let me get my esteemed --(LAUGHTER)SKINNER: So why is one good and one not?
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