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Originally Posted by MrLabGuy
Curious if you are a registered Democrat or a Republican. I'd support additional funds if the Senate curbed spending on other non essential items such as welfare and State funded medical insurance for illegals.
What this equates to is a Democratic spending spree for election year political gain. Then again fiscal responsibility is absent from both houses of government. Even a handful of Republicans jumped in at the last minute who were in a tight political race this Novermer. I respect the fact that McCain stood strong on fiscal responsibility. He did this knowing Obama would get a political windfall from this new spending bill vote.
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Sadly, I'm neither. I just can't support either party 100% of the time.
As far a this being a spending spree. This is more show than anything else.
Right now, a vast majority of the troops fail to use the benefits they PAY for. There is also a percentage that lose their benefits by not serving 36 months or failing to get a honorable discharge. Making it "free" isn't going to change much.
While I whole hardily agree congress needs to curb pending, just dropping these “essential “ programs from the budget would probably cover the cost.
$2,000,000 to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service,
$1,000,000 to the Clinton School of Public Service,
$200,000 to the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy,
$500,000 for Our Piece of the Pie,
$50,000 to Everybody Wins!,
$400,000 to the Montana World Trade Center,
$3,743,014 related to the Formosan subterranean termite,
$1,500,000 to the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute,
$100,000 for signage and streetscape improvements in the Los Angeles Fashion District, and
$100,000 to the Hunting and Fishing Museum of Pennsylvania.