Fiscally Responsible Party…NOT!
Courtesy Welkerswikinomics.com
The Huffington Post reported today on a ten percent increase in the Congressional operations budget. This in and of itself might not be news if not for the fact that it’s the Republicans who were the wasteful spenders here. Big surprise. They’ve decided that, despite a draw down of their numbers in congress, they deserved to retain the same staff levels they had before they were made a minority party.
Funny how the Republicans keep talking talking talking fiscal responsibility of the years but have ABSOLUTELY NO RECORD of it that we can see. For example, just because you claim to be a brilliant person doesn’t automatically mean you are.
Well, lets hear from the voices in the House (from HP):
A Democratic leadership aide, however, said the fact that “Republicans aren’t getting a dime more” misses the point, noting that while they aren’t getting extra, they aren’t getting less, either, even though they have far fewer members.
“This would be funny if it wasn’t from someone associated with the the so-called party of fiscal responsibility,” wrote the aide. “This is the height of hypocrisy and utterly fails to acknowledge the fact that in the past, when the spread has been like it is now, the minority party gets far less money than what they eventually got. It was an unprecedented deal that is more outrageous when you realize that they will end up voting against the bill.”
I have a suggestion for them: Before you claim to be something - or criticize another person or party for being something else - show us some proof of your claim. That’s it. Can’t show the proof, guess what? You’re a liar and do not deserve another audience.
