202-748-8002 and we are on facebook cwj and facebook.com/c-span and let's let harold calling from east alton, illinois. good morning. >> good morning. i think these earmarks are just another way to bribe congressmen or somebody to vote their way on a bill that they normally wouldn't vote on. i think the money and the politics is the main problem with all of this and maybe we should have some term limits. i think the congressman will do whatever they can to stay in there and they only make $175,000 a year and most of them are harvard-educated lawyers that could be six-figure employees and they choose to keep that job for some reason, and i think the lobbyists that go in there -- the lobbying used to be where you get a number of people to sign a piece of paper saying they all agree with that and you take it to your congressman. you don't take an envelope full of money from a big bank any say i need this bill passed and can you get it phoned through with one of them earmarks in it. >> go ahead and respond, tom. >> we call earmarks legalized robbery, and former congressman duke congressman went

let's let harold who is calling from east alton illinois join the conversation, harold good morning . >> the earmarks are another way to bribe a congressman or somebody to vote their way on a bill that they normally wouldn't vote on. i think the money and the politics of the main problem with all of this, maybe we should have term limits. i think the congressman will do whatever they can to stay in their and they only make $175,000 per year and most of them are harvard educated lawyers that could be six- figure employees but they chose to keep the job for some reason and i think the lobbyists that go in there, lobbying used to be where you get a number of people to sign a piece of paper saying they all agree with that but you take it to your congressman and you don't take an envelope full of money from a big bank and say i need this bill passed so could you get it through with one of the earmarks on it or something . >> good response . >> we called it legalized bribery except when it became illegal, do coming him lobbyists, staff, it could certainly become corruptive, there's no doubt

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