Comments on: Byrd Racks Up $3 Billion in Earmarks — So Much For Budget Reform http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/08/byrd-racks-up-3-billion-in-earmarks-so-much-for-budget-reform/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:16:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sen. Mary Landrieu Accused of Trading Earmarks for Campaign Contributions « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/08/byrd-racks-up-3-billion-in-earmarks-so-much-for-budget-reform/#comment-5578 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:04:55 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/08/byrd-racks-up-3-billion-in-earmarks-so-much-for-budget-reform/#comment-5578 [...] Robert Byrd (D. W.V.) passed the $3 billion mark in earmarked programs for his own state, click hereLandrieu’s earmark illustrates the unusual role that Congress has played in shaping the [...]

]]> By: Hugh Gilpatric http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/08/byrd-racks-up-3-billion-in-earmarks-so-much-for-budget-reform/#comment-5569 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:05:09 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/08/byrd-racks-up-3-billion-in-earmarks-so-much-for-budget-reform/#comment-5569 From http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/66.html: “West Virginia taxpayers benefit significantly more than the average state from federal spending. Per dollar of federal tax collected, West Virginia citizens received approximately $1.76 in the way of federal spending. This ranks West Virginia 5th highest among all states. This represents a significant rise from 1995, when West Virginia received $1.59 per dollar of taxes in federal spending, ranking it 2nd nationally. ”

By my calculations, that equals about $1,600 per man, woman and child in WV. No wonder they keep reelecting him.

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