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Don Boudreaux's letter to the Washington Post yesterday is succinct, on target, and nearly poetic:

Please, someone give me one good reason why members of Congress are given the title "Honorable".

Don
http://www.cafehayek.com/
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28 May 2007

Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071

Dear Editor:

Re Congressional Democrats' penchant for earmarks (Robert Novak, "Murtha's Friends," May 28): When pigs second in line at the trough accuse pigs first in line of being shameful gluttons, it is a dimwitted farmer indeed who fantasizes that the squealing accusers will be any less gluttonous when they gain favored access to the slopping pit.

Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030