If any of our remaining Democratic candidates for President, and that includes Republican-in-name-only John McCain, had the slightest interest in standing up for the American people, eliminating tax waste would be a topic for discussion at every whistle stop. Don’t. Hold. Your. Breath.

So how’s your personal finances holding up these days? Good? Bad? Pants-wetting, fetal-curled terror?

A little anger might be what you need. The Oink Report says hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars go to earmarks that should be eliciting street-marching, pitchfork-waving outrage. Grab a lit torch and check this out:

• Texas Congressman denies any wrongdoing for directing earmarks to an Alabama company that contributed tens of thousands of dollars to his campaign
• New Jersey Congressman who earmarked $624,000 for his wife’s employer denies wrongdoing
• Congressman has spent more than $1 million on legal fees to fend off federal investigations into earmarks, political favors, and campaign contributors
• With Nevada facing multi-billion shortfall in basic highway and transportation funding, Nevada Senator earmarks billions to develop a magnetic levitation train between Las Vegas and Disneyland

This is what happens when you keep voting for incumbents time after time after time. They get a sense of entitlement, and grab money they were never entitled to under the Constitution, not to mention the odd law or two.

November is coming. Vote wisely. Ask questions of your members of Congress about earmark spending and tax reform. Let them know a vote is at stake.