Even if you think the government needs a plan to get its house in order, why on earth is Bunning making a stand on this issue? It's political poison--even the Republican base knows people who are out of work. It's terrible economic policy--suddenly cutting off the taps would have nasty knock-on effects on the economy. And while it's a lot of money, it's one of the few government programs that pretty much unequivocally improve the net welfare of the American people. If Bunning wants to hold up something, how about finding some useless.
I find Bunning a hypocrit of the first degree. Since he is not up for election, he can do almost anything he wants to. Show up naked for Senate sessions or wander around with a lantern looking for an honest Republican.
It he had done this and put his own re-election on the line, he would get a kind of grudging admiration for me. But when he was still a viable Senator instead of a lame duck, we never heard a whisper from him about fixing the deposit. And if Democrats are the party of tax and spend, Republicans have shown themselves to be the party of spend and spend.
03-04-2010, 08:14 PM
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