Lawmakers jack up spending - again!!!

[Ame®icano]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in August. The index has decreased 1.5 percent over the last 12 months on a not seasonally adjusted basis. That, of course did not prevent our Congress to increase their budget and leave even more debt to our kids to pay.

Congress is on the verge of giving itself a bump in its annual budget — even as local governments, families and businesses across the country are tightening their belts in the worst recession in decades.

Under a House-Senate conference measure, approved by the House last week and poised for passage in the Senate on Wednesday, spending for the legislative branch will increase 5.8 percent this year, boosting Capitol Hill’s annual budget to $4.7 billion.

What they need money for, you can find out HERE.

So, after all that pork spending thru stimulus and omnibus bills, our Congress still has appetite for more of our tax dollars. What exactly justifies a 5.8% increase in spending, when cost of living, according to their own sources has been down?

 

[Conservanoid]

wtf government. Stop spending my money. I need to buy guns and stuff.