Saturday, March 18, 2006

When You Are Not Raising Taxes, Charge It

Some one please help me out here. What happened to the fiscal responsibility and conservatism that is the promise of the Republican party?
WASHINGTON, March 17 — The largess demonstrated by the Senate in padding its budget with billions of dollars in additional spending this week showed that lawmakers are no different from many of their constituents: they don't mind pulling out the charge card when money is tight.
Oh, I see, they continue to blow sunshine up our skirts and can't deal with difficult fiscal decisions mired down in some kind of war-game mentality that promulgates the idea that sending good money after bad will rectify any global crisis they started (see Iraq).
"I think the critical flaw is the failure to adjust fiscal policy in the face of new circumstances," said Robert L. Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group that advocates reducing the deficit through spending cuts and tax increases.

Mr. Bixby and others say the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration have shown a near total disregard for fiscal discipline, running up new debt.

"The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White House," said Bruce Bartlett, an economist and author of a new book critical of Mr. Bush's economic record. "You can't blame members of Congress for looking out for their parochial interests. It is the president's responsibility to look out for the national interest."
Oh, on a little bit of a side clicking adventure, I found out some thing else very interesting that the Republican parties state outright in their rules:
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Republican Party is the party of the open door. Ours is the party of liberty, the party of equality of opportunity for all and favoritism for none.
This begs the question, if it's resolved, does that mean it actually becomes actuated and evidenced by practice? (okay, you can get off the floor from the laughter and click to another location).

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