Ron Paul returns $100k to Treasury

[Kidlicious]

What's wrong with profiting from one's own work (this case, publishing a book)?

There's nothing wrong with it. It's just not evidence of him practicing what he preaches.

[MrFun]

ah, okay

[DinoDoc]

It's not beside the point when you have voters - Dino, Kid & probly half of America - being misled into thinking earmarks cause an increase in spending.

They are an example of waste and fiscal mismanagement. Something a libertarian like Paul if he had the strength of his convictions would be oppossing. Hence my statement that he should "give" the money back and stop being a hypocrite by voting against apporpiations while littering bills with pork spending.

[DanS]

There seems to be a presumption that if Congress does not earmark the money, that it will go to a 'better' place via some other Congresscritter, or by executive branch decision. I laugh at that. Here we are, effectively living in Bush's third term and people want more money funneled to the executive?

Take a look at the earmarks. You could not get a more worthless set of spending line items if you tried to imagine it.

[HalfLotus]

I think you underestimate the imagination of executive critters.