Comment & Debate
David Minge, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. “The Case Against Academic Earmarking” – “Earmarks are bad because they are obscure and do not face competitive review—except in the backroom politics of the Appropriations, Transportation, or other committees that engage in the process. Earmarks lack peer review and the scrutiny of public hearings. They are not included in the Administration’s budget. Often they originate in only one Chamber. Thus earmarks move below the radar.”