Two-thousand six-hundred and fifty-eight pet projects that cost taxpayers $13.2 billion 

The Omnibus Spending bill pushed through Congress last December gutted the Secure Fence Act. But left intact were thousands of “earmarks” that directed hundreds of millions of tax dollars to pet-projects and preferred supporters--all without public debate or even a vote in Congress.

Outrageously, just two months into the New Year, lawmakers have already begun soliciting earmark requests for 2008!

Earmarks have become a symbol of the culture of the widespread corruption on Capitol Hill, and as a valued Grassfire team member, I’m asking you to join with me right now by signing our petition calling for an end to earmarks.

2007: A Banner Year for Pork

Citizens Against Government Waste reported that taxpayers
had funded 2,658 so-called “pork projects” for a whopping $13.2 billion!

            -- $1 million for Hillary Clinton’s “Hippie” museum
                in New York honoring the events of Woodstock.

               --$6 million to research new uses for wood.

               --$1.3 million to Raleigh, NC to build a year round,
                  “climate-controlled” park carousel.

In each instance, Congress didn’t debate them in the open, and there was never even a public vote!

Is it any wonder why Americans don’t trust our elected leaders?

30 Days to Make an Impact

The corrupting influence of earmarks has boiled over, and I’m relying on members of our team to help me rally 100,000 citizens who are standing with me and demanding an end to earmarks!

Here’s what we are calling for:

               -- an immediate one-year moratorium on earmarks.

               --Congress to pass a permanent legislative or
                  constitutional solution that bans earmarks.

              --Presidential and Congressional candidates to pledge to
                 support the one-year moratorium as well as the
                 permanent ban.

It would be difficult to find a more self-serving and corruptive practice than earmarks. That is why I am asking ALL members of our team to join with me right now to help bring earmarks to an end by clicking here.

Thank you for adding your name to this important petition. Please forward this message on to your friends and family as well.

Steve