The Republican Party cannot be taken seriously over its ranting and raving about debt spending when it continues to harbor trough feeders like Thad Cochran and Bill Young selfishly stuffing their faces with our tax dollars.
The top earmarkers in both the House and Senate are Republicans, even after the GOP has spent much of the past year making fiscal restraint and runaway government spending the centerpiece of its political message.
Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) — both atop defense spending panels — led their respective bodies in securing earmarks, according to an analysis by the nonprofit Taxpayers for Common Sense.
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Republicans lead earmark list - Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com
I wasn't happy about the increase in spending when Republicans controlled Congress -but can we focus on reality here? Hey some Republicans have taken earmarks so it nullifies the words and warnings of them ALL about the financial situation this nation faces, right? Because after all, not only did Democrats shoot down an attempt by a Republican for the Senate to declare a one year moratorium on earmarks, NO Democrat at all is sounding any warning about the financial situation of this nation and that must mean NO PROBLEM here! OMG! As repulsed as I may be by seeing any member of Congress stick their damned earmarks in bills, it isn't earmarks that got this nation into trouble. (And where were your whines when Obama moved to become the 2nd top earmark earner in Congress by the end of his first year as Senator -which also happens to be his sole accomplishment as Senator. Bet you had no problem with that -or the fact that at that time 8 of the top 10 earmark earners were Democrats. Oh no, ONLY if Republicans alter than equation in any way do you suddenly have a problem with earmarks. But again, earmarks in bills amount to a pea on that mountain that is the real problem here! You could remove all earmarks entirely and it wouldn't change the situation we are facing whatsoever.)
Can you just not comprehend the difference between a $500 billion debt and $1.8 trillion debt? Need to see a graph of what THAT rate of increase looks like that just took place in Obama's first year -and the projected debt that is 8-10 times higher at the end of four years than what it was when Obama took office?
We have an out of control Congress run by Democrats indulging in their wet dream spending spree -with such serious outstanding debt now that Moody's has announced that unless something changes drastically and very soon, it will have no choice but to downgrade the credit rating of the United States government. Not from the debt, borrowing and rate of spending we had at the end of 2006, when Republicans last controlled Congress and not as the result of earmarks accumulated by politicians in both parties combined. But from the debt, borrowing and rate of spending we have RIGHT NOW after a White House and Congress controlled by a super majority of DEMOCRATS nearly QUADRUPLED our debt in just one year and our deficit is projected to be 8-10 times more in 2012 than it was in 2006. Let me see -it took more than 200 years for our debt to be what it was at the end of 2006. And it took Democrats just ONE YEAR to quadruple it. And YOU think it is Republicans who should shut up about it because they once increased the rate of government spending by a fraction of that? You really falling for that piece of idiotic thinking telling you that if one side did anything at all you didn't like, it means the other side gets a "freebie" to do it by a factor of ten? Do you have ANY comprehension what will result from downgrading the credit rating of the US both to this nation and YOU personally?
Does that work for you in your private life that way too? That kind of "brilliant" thinking would mean if you put $5,000 on your credit card over the course of six years - you have no right to complain when your spouse puts another $50,000 on it in the next couple, right? You are both idiots to rack up that kind of debt on a credit card in the first place -but yeah only in liberal la-la land is there such little difference between $5,000 and $50,000 that the person who put $5,000 on the card would be a hypocrite to complain when their spouse goes out of control nutso with spending to the point they now risk bankruptcy from a level of debt they cannot pay at all. What Moody has said is that our government is now at the point where even paying on the interest on our loans is becoming increasingly unlikely much less EVER being able to pay off the loans themselves. Which means our government faces a much higher risk of bankruptcy than at ANY TIME IN OUR HISTORY. So sure, I can see why your real gripe here is with those "hypocrite" Republicans trying to sound the warning on this one when they once increased the rate of government spending just a fraction of what Democrats have done.
I'm not even going to try and explain what the dire consequences to both this nation and YOU personally will be if our credit rating is downgraded - except to say take a good look at what is happening in Greece because we are WAY down that identical path already and it may already be too late to avoid the collapse of our own house of cards.
Except for a couple of independents in Congress, we only have Democrats and Republicans serving in Congress. So "oh wise one", since you think Republicans have no right to sound the warning on this one because they once years ago increased the rate of government spending a fraction of what Democrats have done -then exactly WHO are you waiting to hear from before you are able to take it seriously that this out of control wet dream spending spree of Democrats in control of our government - is actually posing a serious risk to this nation, its financial stability and national security? Republicans warnings didn't do it, Moody's warnings didn't do it, the increasingly shrill warnings of pro-US economists didn't do it, seeing Greece that engaged in nearly identical financial policies collapse with their citizens rioting in the streets didn't do it for you either.
But hey, how about those hypocrite Republicans trying to sound the warning on this one after they years ago increased the rate of government spending by a fraction of what Democrats have done in just one. It has got to suck to be such a political ideologue to be SO devoid of critical thinking skills, rational thought -and just plain common sense.
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