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We heard a lot about “earmarks” during the first debate.  It was a somewhat obscure part of discussion and as a subject, very much tangential to the economic problems America faces. 
“Earmarks,” “pork,” “member items”… whatever you want to call them, earmarks simply refer to money from the federal budget that members of congress direct to projects in their home states or [...]

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