Arkady's Thoughts

Do you want to know how the Rs and the Ds voted on the latest round of spending?  Interested in seeing the amendments offered and how each representative scored?  Now you can and the results are amusing to say the least. The house passed HR1 (2011 funding) with over 60 Billion in spending cuts, but Heritage took a look at strictly the amendments that dealt with straight up discretionary spending cuts.  Unfortunately this bill is dead on arrival in the Senate hence spawning renewed talks of a Government shutdown.  Still, it is illuminating to investigate how the new fiscal conservative House has done so far. You can find the convenient table on the Heritage post:   After action Report .  The report tracks every put spending cut amendment that was offered in the latest budget proposal and then produces a final tally based on these amendments.  A score of 100% suggests that an individual supported every spending amendment, a score of 0%...

I was against this bailout from the start, despite all the smart people warning us that our life would end in an apocalyptic fashion. I would surmise that they all have something to gain, otherwise why would someone like Warren Buffet (who I greatly admire) support a flake like Obama? In any event, I would like to point out something. Democrats are ONCE AGAIN pushing for a stimulus package. For those unfamiliar, a stimulus package is welfare. It is a circulation of funds to a lower income pool of people that is paid for by a higher income pool. Welfare, k? Now, this last stimulus package was supposed to jump start the economy. It is similar to jump starting a car that is missing a wheel, has a broken muffler and the engine is so rusted it looks like a deep sea find. IT WILL NOT WORK. But liberals do not give a shit about this country and if they can pander to their voting class then they will give away other people's money until this country becomes the United Socialist Re...