Representative Mike Castle’s hypocrisy is coming full circle. The News Journal has an indepth article simply entitled, “This Year Castle Opposes Earmarks”. Unstable Isotope wrote about this last week:
You see, Castle’s actually helping Delaware by not funding any projects in Delaware. Because not providing money to Delaware actually provides jobs to Delaware, right? Mike Castle is really going all out on helping Delaware by not actually doing anything to help Delaware. Luckily for us, the stimulus is working and we have adults in charge of our state so we’re getting out of the economic downturn, without Mike Castle’s help.
If Mike Castle is going to turn into a boilerplate Republican who thinks balancing the federal budget is like balancing a household checkbook, that’s his decision. However he really needs to fight his addiction to appearing at federal funding announcements.
Some interesting facts from The News Journal article which reiterates that Castle is only following order from the Republican Party:
- Castle sought $196 million in earmarks over the last three years
- Castle has provided earmarks for Delaware for the 17 years he has been in Congress
- Earmarks for Delaware help non-profits like the Ministry of Caring and the Mary Campbell Center
Chris Coons who is running against Castle for US Senates said:
Either earmarks are a great thing that help direct funding to support Delaware businesses that help grow technology, or they’re a bad thing that we ought to all be working against. But he’s literally trying to have it both ways.