Obama Signed That P.O.S.
What do politicians in Washington D.C. define as a “legitimate purpose” to spend your tax dollars?
Well, judging by the trillions of dollars that have gone down the drain over the last few months, anything and everything from pig odor research in Iowa to a mob museum in Las Vegas.
And of course let’s not forget billions to bloated bureaucracies and banks that are going bust, car companies that are going to crash and Fannie and Freddie – which means billions more of the same PC lending that has landed America in its current hole in the first place.
But “legitimate purpose” is nonetheless the definition President Barack Obama has endorsed in his “fight” for earmark reform – or the process of preventing lawmakers from padding spending bills with senseless pork.
The $410 billion appropriations bill Obama signed yesterday included a whopping $7.7 billion in earmarks, though, which Obama refused to veto in spite of his campaign promise to … um, veto.
Amazing.
We’ve learned two things about Obama during the fifty days he’s been in office – he’s a hypocrite and a socialist.
Obviously, Republicans deserve this for completely screwing the pooch over the last eight years (i.e. George Dubya and Ted Stevens’ pork parade), but we never though it would be this bad.
Alright, maybe we did … but it still sucks to watch it happen.
Comments
By Pat Hendrix on March 12th, 2009 at 10:33 am
“Fannie and Freddie – which means billions more of the same PC lending that has landed America in its current hole in the first place”
First, this is a lie. To keep repeating it makes you a serial lair or too lazy to read.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/53802.html
Second, what you need is a freshmen class in politcal systems, not a blog. By no definition is what we are seeing “socialism.” Progressive tax rates have existed in this country since the Civil War. Raising the top rate by 4 percent to 39% in 2009 is still far below what it was in the 1930s and 1940s (63-93 percent), or during the Nixon Adminstration (70 percent) or the Reagan Adminstration (50 percent until 1986). http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php
Third, for this to be “socialism,” the goverment needs to be taking over and controlling the means of production and distribution. What industry has the United States taken over? TARP was introduced and passed during the Bush Administration with the backing of such noted socialists as Dick Cheney. Besides, the banks have not been nationalized. Great pains have been taken to ensure that majority shares stayed in private hands, even perhaps at the expense of the tax payer. Indeed, the bank bailout is something far worse. It’s making profits private and loss public. That’s the exact opposite of socialism, it’s closer to mercantalism. As for the auto makers, again, no nationalization. Nor is bailing out an important industry new in American history. Reagan supported a bailout of Harley and Chrysler. There’s no difference.
Forth, Obama didn’t run on a promise of vetoing earmarks, McCain did. He simply said he would push for earmark reform, which he is. That’s more than I can say for the gaggle of Republicans like Graham that stuffed the bill full of earmarks then howled about the dishonesty of it all. In fact, it was during the Bush Adminstration and Republican control of Congress that earmarks hit their highest level. They declined this year.
Facts are stubborn things.
By RedBank Bar on March 12th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
folks is still morally and intellectualy bankrupt. You can’t cure stupid, Pat Hendrix. He’s a proud ignorant member of the Repugnant Party so don’t confuse folks with the facts.
By Crooner on March 13th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Pork I Can Believe In
The Post and Courier in Charleston reported today that lowcountry pork included money to widen US 17 north from the IOP connector to Darryl Creek Road. If that’s pork, I say “please pass the gravy.”