08/26/2011
WARNING - RANT ;>)
We interrupt our previously scheduled commentary and story with a breaking news item...Eric Cantor feels that any relief efforts and spending for disaster needs should be offset by a reduction in the budget for subsequent years. Way to go Tea-bagger Eric! Rock on and add more idiotic commentary to the public forum and keep digging your own political grave.
From the Huffington Post:
"Cantor raised some eyebrows on Wednesday when, in the aftermath of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled the East Coast and originated in his district, he said Congress will help those hurt by the earthquake but will require finding offsets for any federal aid."
Talk about out of touch...so we give money to FEMA every year via taxes, and they set aside what they can in order to provide immediate aid for disaster victims and their infrastructure and communities. Because of the amount of natural disasters due to fires, tornadoes, and now incoming hurricanes (don't mention climate change or you'll get your jaw busted), FEMA is running out of funds (yes, tax dollars, I admitted that earlier, Michael Brown "brownie", please pay attention). So, according to the esteemed representative from the state of eternal bliss and lucrative investment dollars, any expenditure we put in place to cover natural disasters should be managed for in future budgets. Reminder, Mr. Cantor..... We still need to pay for 2 or 3 unbudgeted wars, you ready to raise taxes to cover that? No? Hmmm... So should we cut a little more so that we have more unemployed that won't be paid to support the relief efforts? Should we delay recovery in the event there is a disaster (which I pray there isn't).
Our representation in Washington has truly lost touch with what they were elected to do. It is time to enact true election reform, get PACs of all kinds out of the process, remove any ability for campaign donations to be made by any lobbyists, tighten the requirements for lobbyists to be able to privately or publicly contribute money to campaigns. As a matter of fact, it is time to use PBS and NPR exclusively for political ads and grandstanding, and only allow commercial TV to provide advertising if it gives equal time and equal representation to all candidates. Going to an extreme, maybe commercial stations should be required by the government and the FCC to contribute free time to all candidates during the election cycle. Get rid of greed in the process of Politics, and see how long before career politicians find new work as shady lawyers.....
We will return to our regularly scheduled blog after this rant, and within the next 24 to 48 hours.
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