Perlcat rants: I don’t want a balanced budget amendment

Government is very good at screwing stuff up, and then selling us on a solution that screws things up still more, and then selling us yet another screwup.

We occasionally give Frequent IHateTheMedia.com commenter Perlcat a soapbox. He climbs aboard and issues one of his epic rants:

I don’t want a balanced budget amendment.

Let me explain.

Government is very good at screwing stuff up, and then selling us on a solution that screws things up still more, and then selling us yet another screwup. It’s like an out-of-control episode of the Three Stooges, but with tequila and lots of Other People’s Money.

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How high can it go?

Why is a BBA on the table in the first place? Because our politicians lack the political will to keep government at the proper size, doing the proper things. A lot of the things they have going on now are well outside of the constitution. Yes, I know, they got rulings favorable to them in a lot of cases — but in many more situations, they simply ignore the Constitution. You can’t tell me that, for example, raising the national drinking age by tying it to highway funds is within the spirit of the Constitution. If it was, they’d simply vote directly upon it. They have no mandate, so they use excess tax money that they confiscated beyond their needs to violate the Constitution in spirit.

If you think that the BBA will keep government in check from doing the things that they aren’t supposed to do, what makes you think that they will pay attention to this one, too? Examples from human nature:

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Surprise! Obama opposed to cutting spending, capping spending and balancing the budget

The White House on Monday warned President Obama will veto GOP legislation to “cut, cap and balance” spending and the budget.

Obama knows how his bread is buttered. With the labor of generations of tax payers yet to be born. And the president is willing to fight tooth and nail for his right to benefit from that labor far more than most of our children ever will.

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Obama puts his feet up on the desk in the Oval Office and laughs about the thought of your grandchildren toiling to pay his bills

The Hill is alive with the sound of this administration’s muzak:

The White House on Monday warned President Obama will veto GOP legislation to “cut, cap and balance” spending and the budget.

In a statement of administration policy, the White House Office of Management and Budget labeled the GOP bill as an “empty political statement.”

The House Rules Committee is expected to take up the measure on Monday, and it is likely to receive a floor vote on Tuesday. The measure would cut spending in fiscal 2012 by $111 billion, cap future spending at 19.9 percent of gross domestic product and allow for the debt ceiling to be increased if a balanced-budget amendment is approved by Congress and sent to the states.

The administration said the measure, which is not expected to move through the Senate, is unnecessary and unrealistic.

Yes, of course. It is unnecessary and unrealistic to expect the government to live within its means. Especially at a time when the taxpayers are expected to live so far below their means in order to finance all the votes and favors Obama is going to need if he expects to have a prayer at getting re-elected.

– Written by Kip Hooker at TheVitaminPress.com

Source: The Hill

Budget brouhaha: Chairman of presidential deficit commission says Ryan’s budget is better than Obama’s

Co-chair the Presidential Deficit Commission, appointed by Barack Obama, says the President’s budget proposal is inferior to Paul Ryan’s plan.

Next thing you know, the President will send a Navy Seal team after Erskine Bowles.

Bowles, a Democrat who co-chaired the Presidential Deficit Commission and was appointed by Barack Obama, says the President’s budget proposal falls short on several key goals. In fact, he says it’s inferior to Paul Ryan’s plan.

Bowles: It is $4 trillion, however, over 12 years. It is heavily back-end loaded, so when you compare it to the Ryan plan and to the Commission’s plan, which also has $4 trillion in savings, it is probably more like $2.5 trillion. And in fairness, the way it is setup, according to our analysis, it really doesn’t stabilize the debt, and the debt as a percentage of GDP gets up to around 77 percent and it never gets to primary balance, which is about a deficit-to-GDP ratio of around 3 percent.

Other than that, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

Government union calls Republican plan a “mistake for America.” Translation: “Oh, crap.”

The National Treasury Employees Union called passage of the republican Path to Prosperity resolution a “mistake for America.”

House Republicans passed a common sense bill on Friday. In light of the trainload of fiscal disaster racing down the tracks toward us, they voted to freeze federal employees pay for three years and to allow 10% of the federal workforce to wither away through attrition.

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Typical federal worker

As you might imagine, it makes a lot more sense to us than it does to federal workers.

Federal News Radio has the details:

The House passed a fiscal year 2012 bill today that freezes federal pay for three years and cuts the federal workforce by 10 percent through attrition.

The budget plan by House Republicans – called the Path to Prosperity – also requires federal employees to pay for half of the defined benefit they receive at retirement.

The GOP plan proposes a plan that promises $6 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade compared with the budget President Obama unveiled in February.

The final vote in the House was 235-193.

The National Treasury Employees Union called passage of the resolution a “mistake for America.”

“Apart from the broad social changes the resolution seeks to make, its anti-federal employee provisions would result in federal agencies having great difficulty not only in retaining the highly-skilled, dedicated employees they now have, but in recruiting new talent to the government,” said NTEU President Colleen Kelley in a statement.

Colleen, honey, you seem to miss one very important point: We don’t need to recruit any more of that great talent to the government. We need to cut it to the bone.

The same bone you’re using on the American taxpayers.

H/T: CO2Insanity

Source: Federal News Radio

Liberal nightmare: Rand Paul meets John Stossel

Rand Paul’s basic concept: quit pussyfooting around with meaningless budget cuts. The only way we’ll save the nation, he says, is by cutting entire governmental departments.

The more we see this Rand Paul, the more we like him. His basic concept: quit pussyfooting around with meaningless budget cuts. The only way we’ll save the nation, he says, is by cutting entire governmental departments.

He’d start with the Departments of Education, the Commerce, and Agriculture. And he’s just getting warmed up.

Go, Rand, go.

Neil Cavuto says, “It’s time to dig out.” Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says, “It’s time to pig out.”

Cavuto says, “We’re quickly becoming a banana republic.” Johnson replies, “I love to shop at Banana Republic.”

OK, perhaps those weren’t the Democrat Congresswoman’s exact words, but our paraphrase isn’t that far off.

Cavuto says, “We’re going to hell in a hand basket.” Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson replies, “Let’s buy matching shoes.”

Neil Cavuto says, “We have to try something different.” Johnson replies, “We have to try the same thing.”

Cavuto says, “Let’s raise hell.” Johnson replies, “Let’s raise taxes.”

Cavuto says, “We’re quickly becoming a banana republic.” Johnson replies, “I love to shop at Banana Republic.”

Good lord, we’re screwed. Really, really screwed. Greece, here we come.

Tom Coburn’s blunt assessment of 2012 budget negotiations: “Send me some senators with gonads.”

In this clip syndicated radio talker Hugh Hewitt talks to Coburn about the problems he faces in 2012 budget negotiations. He’s looking for senators with balls.

In The Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow wanted a brain, the Tin Man wanted a heart and the Cowardly Lion wanted courage. In the U.S. Senate, Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn is looking for something far more difficult to find:

Senators with balls.

In this clip syndicated radio talker Hugh Hewitt talks to Coburn about the problems he faces in 2012 budget negotiations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMzZY9hMF0Y

Top 25 reasons Joe Biden fell asleep during President Obama’s deficit speech

Yup. Ol’ Joe chose what some extremist Republicans are calling an inappropriate time to catch a catnap – right in the middle of his boss’ speech on the debt and the deficit.

Yup. Ol’ Joe chose what some extremist Republicans are calling an inappropriate time to catch a catnap – right in the middle of his boss’ speech on the debt and the deficit.

But the Vice President had a really good excuse. Twenty-five of them, in fact.

  1. Up late last night trying to come up with something incredibly stupid to do while President spoke.
  2. In his dreams, the President is serious about deficit reduction.
  3. He made the mistake of counting members of the mainstream media lining up like sheep to back Obama’s plan.
  4. All those zeros… Zzzzzzeros.
  5. Hey, Gore slept through the 90s and nobody said anything about it.
  6. He was tired from a long day of making sure that only China could have coal plants.
  7. He stayed up all night trying to figure out a good comeback for that smartass at the ice cream shop.
  8. The way the government has been spending money, taking a 20-minute map is like stickin’ it to the man for $4 million.
  9. It’s the Biden Sleep Deficit plan.
  10. That’s not just a nap, that’ fucking serious sleep!
  11. “Barry told me to go ahead, take a nap, and he’ll wake me up when he needs me to add something intelligent.”
  12. Being a word genius is tiring work.
  13. Even the dimmest of bulbs need to be turned off to cool down once in a while.
  14. Up late last night making up phrases that rhyme with “Boehner.”
  15. Nice sunny day, gentle breeze from Barry’s mouth, the endless droning on and on of Barry’s speech … you do the math.
  16. His son Beau put music on Joe’s MP3 player and he fell asleep listening to the unofficial lib lullaby: Ten Years After’s I’d Love To Change The World:

    “Everywhere is freaks and hairies
    Dykes and fairies, tell me where there is sanity
    Tax the rich, feed the poor
    Till there are no rich no more

    I’d love to change the world
    But I don’t know what to do
    So I’ll leave it up to you

    And it’s somehow Bush’s fault.”

  17. Honoring those Latino citizens who made this country great by partaking in the traditional siesta!
  18. He lost a significant amount of sleep worrying over the results of Barrack’s AIDS test.
  19. The inside of Biden’s eyelids look just like the long, dark chasm that has been the Obama presidency.
  20. The anesthesia hadn’t completely worn off after an earlier trip to the hair clinic.
  21. His alien radio control implant was temporarily blocked by the lead paint in the rotunda.
  22. Late night panty raid in the Freshman dorm.
  23. He couldn’t get any coffee that morning because he didn’t have an Indian accent.
  24. Brainwashing Side Effects include: drowsiness, prolonged grinning, hair loss, and delusions of grandeur.
  25. Time for a nap – I’ve heard this all before from that peanut farmer guy … what the hell was his name? His brother made some great beer … where am I?

Contributors: Sven Waring, Perlcat, JJJRO

Three months are up: Has Jerry Brown solved California’s budget crisis yet?

Last October, gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown told a crowd of leftist lunatics, “I’m not going to sign any bills until we get the budget solved and that may take me a couple of months.”

Jerrry Brown was sworn in as California governor on January 3. So it’s time to check in on the Honorable Governor Moonbeam.

Last October, gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown told a crowd of leftist lunatics, “I’m not going to sign any bills until we get the budget solved and that may take me a couple of months.”

As we said at the time, “Note that he said it may take him a couple of months. This guy’s such an economic wizard that he may just get the whole thing wrapped up in a couple weeks. With a little luck, maybe just a day or two.”

How’s that little budget problem going, Jerry? Solved it yet? What’s that? You want to raise taxes to solve the problem but can’t get the Republicans to cooperate? And you want to cut spending but can’t get the Democrats to cooperate?

Maybe you should California residents an exit fee at the Arizona, Nevada and Oregon borders as they flee the state. That should balance the budget in no time at all.

You elected him, California. You’re getting what you deserve.

http://youtu.be/ftZq6lnvH6o

Formerly well-known actress Kathleen Turner angry that Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood

Our first thought on watching this video was, “Who?” Then we remembered when a young, slim, hot Kathleen Turner starred in movies like Body Heat and Romancing the Stone.

Our second thought was, “Wow. Get fat, lose career.”

Our third thought was, “Lay off the cigarettes, honey.”

Our fourth thought was, “We’re having trouble placing Kathleen’s accent. What country is she from?”

And our fifth and final thought was, “What’s with the hostess bimbo ending the interview with, ‘Love you’?”

But putting all that aside, turns out Kathleen Turner is very upset that those dastardly Republicans want to strip federal funding from that well-know abortion mill, Planned Parenthood. So she showed up on Good Morning America to explain what “most women in America” believe.

You’re excused now, Kathleen. Please return to obscurity.

http://youtu.be/GLFf2Dx1bRA

Is John Boehner flashing a subtle “V for victory” sign?

Not all conservatives agree that the budget deal was a victory for conservatives, but considering how many liberals are damn near suicidal about it, we’re willing to give Boehner the benefit of the doubt.

Not all conservatives agree that the budget deal was a victory for conservatives, but considering how many liberals are damn near suicidal about it, we’re willing to give Boehner the benefit of the doubt. At least it’s one step – albeit a small step – forward.

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Alec Baldwin frets: The financial crisis has “crippled” Obama and kept him from “doing any new spending”

You won’t believe this one. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) invited Alec Baldwin to Washington, DC to talk about campaign finance reform.

You won’t believe this one. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) invited Alec Baldwin to Washington, DC to talk about campaign finance reform. (Unbeknownst to us, the actor has apparently developed an expertise on that subject in between screaming at his young daughter and shooting a ratings-challenged sitcom.)

Baldwin was asked if President Obama has lived up to his expectations. That’s when we learned that poor ol’ Obama just hasn’t been able to spend enough money.

CNS News reports Baldwin’s bizarre theory:

“Well, I mean, I think so because I think that when you come into office and you want to put your mark on things — this is just my opinion, when you want to put your mark on things, you want to be able to spend. And what’s crippled Obama’s administration, as far as I’m concerned, is the financial crisis and it’s prevented him from doing any new spending,” said Baldwin, who publicly supported Obama in the 2008 Presidential election.

“He’s not able –- if the country was as flush as it was under Bill Clinton and he had money — these things cost money — he could have made more of a mark,” said Baldwin. “I think right now he’s had to do a lot of counter-punching; a lot of back peddling. He inherited this crisis from Bush and Paulson. He had to extend the TARP. I think it’s been very difficult for him to spend his whole first term trying to, you know, correct our course financially. I think a second term of Obama, we’ll see a lot more of what we want to see from him.”

Obama and Baldwin are perfect together. One can’t speak without a Teleprompter, the other shouldn’t speak without a script.

Source: CNS News

Lunatic liberals on parade: Congressman says evil Republicans are trying to “destroy the whole wide world”

According to Markey, Republicans are – and we quote – “trying to destroy the whole wide world and the internet.”

That (D-MA) designation following Representative Ed Markey’s name is pretty much all you need to know. He’s a Democrat from Massachusetts, which automatically qualifies him as a liberal lunatic.

If that we’re enough to convince you, this speech should convince you that Markey is nuttier than grandma’s fruitcake.

According to Markey, Republicans are – and we quote – “trying to destroy the whole wide world and the internet.”

Hey, Ed, don’t forget that we’re trying to kill women, too. And children. We really want to kill those little bastards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AegTnmmf-ig

Budget battle = Battle of Bull Run: Jesse Jackson says it’s a continuation of the Civil War

“This really is a Civil War fight,” Jackson claimed. “This is making the federal government dysfunctional on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

There’s nothing more entertaining than Jesse Jackson ranting on the friendly turf of MSNBC. His latest foray into hallucinogenic history came on the Martin Bashir’s show (minus Martin).

“This really is a Civil War fight,” Jackson claimed. “This is making the federal government dysfunctional on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. These guys will support three wars. They’ll support tax dodgers. They’ll support the wealthiest Americans getting tax breaks. They want to cut into education and health care. This is an ideological battle.”

Ahhh, but the good reverend wasn’t done. In fact, he was just getting warmed up.

“This is a Civil War fight,” he insisted. “I think Time magazine has it right. This is the 150th anniversary of the 1861 Civil War. Now those are determined to shut the federal government down to make their point — their ideological-religious point.”

“You have those who believe in states’ rights and those who believe in a more perfect union,” he said. “States’ right are anti-civil rights, anti-workers’ right to bargain, anti-social justice, pro-rich and significantly insensitive to poor people — that was the great divide 150 years ago and it’s the great divide today in the ideological sense.”

In other words, “Blah, blah, blah. Same ol’ crap I’ve been spewing for forty years, but it allows me to purchase some very expensive suits.”

H/T: Daily Caller

“We will not leave town until we cut spending and get our fiscal house in order”

We appreciate the sentiment expressed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, but realistically speaking, that would mean that the Republicans won’t return to their home districts for decades.

We appreciate the sentiment expressed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, but realistically speaking, that would mean that the Republicans won’t return to their home districts for decades.

Astute observers will note that Republicans gave Cantor a standing ovation. Democrats gave him a sitting cold shoulder.

Lunatics on parade: Democrat Congresswoman says Republican freshmen were elected “to kill women”

We haven’t heard much from wacko NY Democrat Louise Slaughter since the ObamaCare debate, but the current budget debate has nudged her out of her hole.

Representative Louise Slaughter is back. We haven’t heard much from the wacko New York Democrat since the ObamaCare debate, but the current budget debate has nudged her out of her hole.

“This is probably one of the worst times that we’ve seen because the numbers of people who are elected to Congress,” Slaughter complained. “I went through this as co-chair of the arts caucus. In ’94 people were elected simply to come here to kill the National Endowment for the Arts. Now they’re here to kill women.”

And minorities and children, Louise, don’t forget the minorities and children.

Another reason we want to have Paul Ryan’s baby: The Path To Prosperity video

This video made by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the Path to Prosperity, clearly, compellingly outlines the fiscal problems we face.

He’s remarkably bright. He has complete command of he issues and the numbers. He’s a great speaker. He’s telegenic. And he chewed up and spit out President Obama during the healthcare debate.

This video, the Path to Prosperity, clearly, compellingly outlines the fiscal problems we face.

Prepare to be demonized Paul.

McCotter gives the spenders hell: “I will not pave the fiscal road to hell with your money”

In this video clip, the Michigan Republican Thaddeus McCotter gives the spenders and the cowards hell in the House of Representatives.

We love Thaddeus McCotter. He edges out Paul Ryan as our favorite Congressman.

In this video clip, the Michigan Republican gives the spenders and the cowards hell in the House of Representatives. Or as Harry Truman said, “I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.”

Harry and Thad would probably get along pretty well, don’t you think?

Shut ‘er down: 57% of likely voters OK with government shut down if it leads to deeper cuts

Would someone please send the results of this new Rasmussen poll to John Boehner and the rest of the cowardly Republicans in Washington, DC.

“Drill, baby, drill” now has a doppelgänger known as “Cut, baby, cut.”

Would someone please send the results of this new Rasmussen poll to John Boehner and the rest of the cowardly Republicans in Washington, DC:

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Budget Chainsaw Massacre, starring Rand Paul, coming soon to a theater near you

A majority of voters are fine with a partial shutdown of the federal government if that’s what it takes to get deeper cuts in federal government spending.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% of Likely U.S. Voters think making deeper spending cuts in the federal budget for 2011 is more important than avoiding a partial government shutdown. Thirty-one percent (31%) disagree and say avoiding a shutdown is more important. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure.

Republicans want to make more spending cuts in the current budget than Democrats do, but 36% of voters think it would be better to avoid a government shutdown by authorizing spending at a level most Democrats will agree to. Fifty-seven percent (57%) would rather have a shutdown until Democrats and Republicans can agree on deeper spending cuts.

Everyone in Washington is addicted to spending and there’s only one way to cure it:

Cold turkey.

Source: Rasmussen

Great news: President Obama slashes future deficits by $2.3 trillion

The Congressional Budget Office that made Obama look like a fool by announcing that his estimate of future deficits was off by massive $2.3 trillion.

We take back all the horrible things we’ve said about President Obama. He’s a damn miracle worker. He made the Republicans look like fools yesterday by cutting a massive $2 trillion (with a T) from future deficits.

Oh, wait. Looks like we misread the story. Turns out it was the Congressional Budget Office that made Obama look like a fool by announcing that his estimate of the deficits was off by massive $2.3 trillion.

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"The Congressional Budget Office said what?"

The Hill has the details of the deficit:

The Congressional Budget Office on Friday released its analysis of President Obama’s 2012 budget proposal and found it does less to rein in deficits and the debt than the administration had estimated.

CBO estimates Obama’s plan would produce 10 years of deficits totaling $9.5 trillion. By 2021, it would increase the debt held by the public to 87 percent of gross domestic product.

The administration, using different methods, estimated budget deficits would total $7.2 trillion over the next 10 years under the 2012 budget. It forecast that total debt in 2021 would be 77 percent of GDP.

The “different methods” include sprinkling pixie dust over the budget and flat out making crap up. Marc Goldwein of the CBO tells why:

He explained that the difference between the CBO’s $9.5 trillion estimate and OMB’s $7.2 trillion estimate comes from two sources: rosy economic growth assumptions by OMB and offsets for the Medicare doc fix as well as transportation spending OMB did not specify in the budget and which CBO will not factor in.

In other words, they overestimated the good stuff and underestimated the bad stuff.

And in other other words, they lied.

Source: The Hill

What’s a couple billion between friends?

The Congressional Budget Office – you know, the guys the Democrats said were unimpeachable sources during the ObamaCare debate – now says the Dems’ proposal doesn’t quite add up.

Remember last week when the Democrats touted the fact that they were proposing a miniscule $6.5 billion in budget cuts? To hear them tell it, they were going after the budget with a chain saw, hacking away at spending like there was no tomorrow.

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The CBO has wiped the smiles off Democrat faces

Surprise, surprise. The Congressional Budget Office – you know, the guys the Democrats said were unimpeachable sources during the ObamaCare debate – now says the Dems’ proposal doesn’t quite add up.

ABC’s Jake Tapper checks in with the specifics:

After last week’s meeting on Capitol Hill among congressional leaders and Vice President Biden, Senate Democrats wrote legislation and gave it to CBO to be analyzed.

CBO put the cuts at $4.7 billion.

Well, c’mon now. $4.7 billion with a b is nothing to sneeze at. And that doesn’t even include the Cowboy Poetry Festival.

Source: ABC News

The $64 gazillion question: “This budget never, ever, ever reduces the debt. Is that right?”

Rep. Rob Woodall, a Georgia Republican, danced around with Tim Geithner and finally couldn’t take it anymore. So he asked the question so clearly and slowly that even a Treasury Secretary could understand it.

Rep. Rob Woodall, a Georgia Republican, danced around with Tim Geithner and finally couldn’t take it anymore. So he asked the question so clearly and slowly that even a Treasury Secretary could understand it:

“This budget never, ever, ever reduces the debt, is that right?”


We knew the answer. You know the answer. But it’s worth investing 22 seconds of your life to watch Geithner say the words.

Absolutely bizarre: Secretary of Treasury Geithner admits his own budget is “unsustainable”

Senator Jeff Sessions pointed out that President Obama’s budget – the budget Tim Geithner signed off on – contains interest payments and other obligations that are “excessively high” and “unsustainable.” Geithner agreed.

Is this a case of unadulterated gall or sheer stupidity? You watch this clip and tell us if it’s one or the other or if some completely different word come to mind.

Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner testified before the Senate today and got grilled by Jeff Sessions. The Senator pointed out that President Obama’s budget – the budget Geithner signed off on – contains interest payments and other obligations that are “excessively high” and “unsustainable.”

Geithner agreed.

Let us repeat that. The Secretary of the Treasury agreed that spending in the budget he and the President just submitted to Congress is unsustainable.

The inmates are running the asylum.

Porkapalooza: Democrats out-pork Republicans by a 50-to-1 margin

Let’s see what was on the Democrat menu last week. Mmmmm, looks like pork, more pork and if we’re not mistaken, still more pork.

Let’s see what was on the Democrat menu last week. Mmmmm, looks like pork, more pork and if we’re not mistaken, still more pork.

Byron York exposes the facts in the pages of The Washington Examiner:

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Republicans put a bullet between the eyes of the huge Democrats pork monster

Press coverage of the budget frenzy on Capitol Hill has suggested that pork-barrel earmark spending is still a bipartisan problem, that after months of self-righteous rhetoric about fiscal discipline, Republicans and Democrats remain equal-opportunity earmarkers.

It’s not true. A new analysis by a group of federal-spending watchdogs shows a striking imbalance between the parties when it comes to earmark requests. Democrats remain raging spenders, while Republicans have made enormous strides in cleaning up their act.

In the Senate, the GOP made only one-third as many earmark requests as Democrats for 2011, and in the House, Republicans have nearly given up earmarking altogether — while Democrats roll on.

… In the 2011 House budget, the groups found that House Democrats requested 18,189 earmarks, which would cost the taxpayers a total of $51.7 billion, while House Republicans requested just 241 earmarks, for a total of $1 billion.

So when you hear Democrat apologists utter the words, “They all do it,” rest assured that the “all” refers to Democrats.

Source: Washington Examiner

News flash: John McCain starts acting like someone you would have wanted to vote for

We voted for John McCain, but had to hold our noses while we did it. Now McCain is starting to act like someone we might have voted for with a little more enthusiasm.

We voted for John McCain, but had to hold our noses while we did it. Now McCain is starting to act like someone we might have voted for with a little more enthusiasm.

The Arizona RINO is promising to stop the vote on the Democrat budget by reading the entire document – the entire 1,924-page-page, $1.1 trillion, 6,600earmark-laden document – aloud on the floor of the Senate.

Let us be the first to say it:

McCain 2012.

(Nah, relax. We’re just kidding, but we do appreciate the Senator’s efforts to stop the Democrats from inflicting this abomination on the American people.)

H/T: Moonbattery.com

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