Once again, the Las Vegas Sun Editorial board shows they really have a sense of humor or they are very stupid. Or on drugs. Can't figure out which one, though.
Under the guidance of Brian "The Coward" Greenspun, so named because he is so very scared of me and my writings that he refuses to answer my e-mail and has banned me from the Sun for commenting on articles, completely blames the Tea Party for the ills of Washington D.C..
From the comedy writings of the Sun editorial board:
Republicans in the House of Representatives have called for imposing legal limits on the amount Congress can spend and a constitutional amendment to mandate a balanced budget.
Backed by the Tea Party movement, Republicans have tried to whip up public support for the measures, which they passed out of the House this month.
The public wants the federal debt and spending reduced, but that’s not the same as what the Republicans are proposing. The GOP wants to gut government, and its “Cap, Cut and Balance” plan would do that by enshrining draconian measures in law. That would hobble the federal government for years by setting arbitrary limits and requirements that would be difficult to overcome. Congress — and the country — would be legally bound by the Republicans’ unthinking ideology, no matter what happens in the future.
The Republicans have been incredibly patronizing with their proposals. What they are essentially saying is that they need to bind Congress because the voters can’t be trusted to put good people in Congress to govern. Or, do Republicans think the public needs to be saved from itself and thus the stiff mandates that dictate how government should behave?
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jul/31/tea-party-adherents-congress-show-their-disdain-pu/First, there are always legal limits on how much Congress can spend. It's called the budget.
Further, the Cap, Cut and Balance bill is dead when the Senate voted it down. I guess the editorial writers were out smoking crack on the I-215 when they wrote this part.
And to answer their question, yes, the public does need to be saved from themselves when it comes to the Federal budget, and no, Congress critters, especially those like Harry Reid, cannot be trusted anymore than we can throw him. Crybaby Reid cannot be trusted to handle taxpayer money as it has been shown in the last 2 years that Harry loves to spend, pay off his supporters and then spend some more.
More from the editorial:
For example, they talk about wanting to make government run like a business, but their proposals run counter to that approach. Businesses make investments in hope of a future payoff, and they don’t just slash operations to make a budget — they also consider raising revenue to meet expenses. But when it comes to government, such investment — which can require raising revenue — is anathema to the Republicans. This is rich coming from Coward Greenspun. His family and other investors, just lost "The District" by the green valley Ranch Casino because they were foreclosed on. Obviously, Coward Greenspun has no idea how to run a business and they are lecturing us about business? Smoking more meth, Coward Greenspun?
For example, they talk about wanting to make government run like a business, but their proposals run counter to that approach. Businesses make investments in hope of a future payoff, and they don’t just slash operations to make a budget — they also consider raising revenue to meet expenses. But when it comes to government, such investment — which can require raising revenue — is anathema to the Republicans.Right, time to blame George Bush again. Of course, Obama has had been in office for about 2 1/2 years now but I guess that doesn't count. Not to mention that Dem's also voted for the wars (and the wars have been increased by Obama) and lowering the tax rates. Of course, the Sun doesn't mention that when Obama was elected president, unemployment was about 1/2 of what it is now and deficit has skyrocketed under the Democrats.
Finally, the crack heads at the Sun say this with a straight face:
With careful thought and consideration, the country can find ways to make smart budget cuts while still finding ways to invest to improve the country and prepare it for the future. But to do that, the Republicans will have to release their bitter hold on a narrow, thoughtless ideology. They should trust that, in the end, the voters will do the right thing to correct Washington if it goes wrong. They did, after all, put them in power.
Of course, the pot smoking, cocaine snorting writers at the Sun never thought to blame the Democrats for any of this. Senate Democrats still have not voted on a plan that they have come up with and now it appears that the GO and Obama are back talking again, leaving out the crybaby Reid and other Democrats.
Again, unless the Democrats- meaning Reid, Pelosi and Obama- refuse to send out Social security checks, then the average American is not going to see any difference between August 1 and 2. This is just a pissing game between the political parties and the only people hurt by this will be some banks, possibly the stock market and foreign countries like China. You and I will still be out working for a living and nothing is going to change.
Obama is out to help the likes of George Soros and Wall Street liberals while the GOP is trying to protect banks and countries like China. But when it omes to us little peons, no one is looking out for us, except the Tea Party legislators who know that our kids, grandkids and great grand kids will be one the ones responsible for our greed today.
So, to Coward Greenspun and the rest of the editorial board at the Las Vegas Sun, go back to your little room in the Sun building, continue to smoke your meth and crack and try to live life under the influence of your drugs. Reality is something you guys are just are not interested in.
But the rest of us are going to live our lives normally and see that nothing negative will happen. The liberals already have destroyed the economy since 2008, so, whats a few more days?
