SENATOR BUNNING'S CURVE BALL
Let me begin by saying that the Republican Party's position on Senator James Bunnings' one man blockade of unemployment benefits is a fraud. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio)looks all sincere and says we should pay for things before we enact them. He makes me want to puke.
I wish I could ask the Republicans whether they held themselves to the same standards when they gave President Bush a blank check to support operations in Iraq. The irony is that some of that money went to rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure.
Blank checks for the Iraqis. Bounced checks for the Americans.
Still, Senator Bunning has a point. We are amassing a frightening amount of debt. His fellow politicians know he is right. That's why they are so pissed at him. His now-ended blockade inched the other weasels one day closer to actually having to either raise taxes or cut benefits, something every politician at every level of governance is loathe to do.
I for one think the people are ahead of the politicians — as usual. We know things are out of control. We know there are major problems hurling at us at warp speed and no one is doing a damn thing about them.
The president has misread the times. The politicians have misread the people. We know what needs to be done. Give us a sensible plan, and we will swallow our medicine be it more taxes or reduced benefits.
We are that desperate.
March 4, 2010
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