Ludacris Congress : Republicans barely even try to control spending.

[FreedomAngel82]

Link: http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200509270903.asp

Snip: <In Crash, Hollywood's finest movie so far this year, Terrence Howard plays a prosperous black filmmaker who tells a black gangbanger (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges): "You embarrass me. You embarrass yourself." As a Republican, I say to the even more rapacious GOP Congressional leadership: "You embarrass me. You embarrass yourselves."

Spending Surrender
Not long ago, the Republican Congress at least pretended to be serious about keeping federal spending plausibly sane. While they hurled massive expenditures in every direction, at least their rhetoric honored the grassroots-Republican expectation that they would respect taxpayers' money.

But, save for a band of fiscally responsible backbenchers (about whom more soon), profligate congressional Republicans have surrendered on this front. Their leaders no longer try to restrain spending, nor do they even say the right things about stewarding tax dollars.

As the House of Representatives approved $62.3 billion in universally applauded assistance to Hurricane Katrina's survivors, fiscal conservatives attempted to reduce other spending. House leaders rebuffed their amendment.

"My answer to those who want to offset the spending is sure, bring the offsets," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R., Tex.) told reporters September 13. "But nobody has been able to come up with any yet." Asked if Washington operated at top efficiency, DeLay made free-market jaws drop when he said: "Yes, after 11 years of Republican majority, we've pared it down pretty good."

That's right. And Elvis died of anorexia.>

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[charlie]

1. Republicans "surrendered" on this front?

Their enthusiasm for snarfing pork has FAR exceeded anything their enemies, the "tax and spend" Democrats, ever dreamed of. Fuck that "surrender" shit, they're out-of-control gluttons at the government teat.

[mcctatas]

2. Every day is "opposite day" for repukes

if they say Washington is "operating at top efficiency", bet your ass it is drowning in incompetence, if they say they've pared it down "pretty good", you can be good and goddamned sure it's grown faster than Lindsay Lohans chesticles...repukes suck!

[Ladyhawk]

3. Barely? They don't try at all. They're the "cut taxes and spend" party.nt