This noted at NRO’s The Corner:
Let’s see. The United States is broke. Our government has no choice but to cover the costs of our troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and to pay out disaster relief before Memorial Day recess. So what do the President and the speaker of the House focus on? Cutting a deal to ram through $18 billion in energy pork while nobody’s looking.
Never mind that the $18 billion is for unnecessary federal energy loan guarantees ($9 billion for nuclear power and $9 billion for renewables) or that the latest analysis suggests that more than a quarter of the applicants for these loans are likely to default on them. Nor does it seem to matter that just last month at House hearings, both the chairman and the ranking member voiced skepticism about making these loans until they had much more information.
Last week, Republican senator Thad Cochran urged Senators to resist amendments to the War Supplemental Bill that are unrelated to the military or disaster relief. After hearing about this and other deals, Republican senator Tom Coburn was blunter: “The emergency designation of this bill,” he argued, “is a farce designed to evade the budget rules that require Congress to pay for new spending.” You’d like to think that the House Appropriations Committee would block this one when it comes up for a vote later this week…
But, of course, when push came to shove, Democrats decided to lavish (borrowed) taxpayer dollars on favored constituencies. As we head towards complete financial meltdown, we can count on our Democrats to pour a bit more gasoline on the bonfire of America. The moochers got their money; Democrats will get their political donations; the people got the shaft.
There is a nauseating stench of corruption emanating from Washington, DC. It grows worse and worse and I can only figure that the Democrats figure they’ve got a mortal lock on the Congress – that there is no way we can possibly defeat them in November.
Well, fellow Americans, let us work to disappoint them – and when we’ve got back in to power, let us not forget what they have done. This isn’t about revenge – there is no revenge in politics. There are, however, consequences…and the consequences of selling America down the river should be quite stern.
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