Graham vows to bring Senate to standstill for socialism
The fact that Lindsey Graham is willing to halt the work of the United State government just to get a pet project in his state is not surprising; there are a number of Senators in both parties who feel the upper chamber was designed for hostage taking as a tool to enact bad policy (partially right). The greatest part of this story, however, comes from Graham’s reasonable justification for the funding.
“I would say that putting the money into infrastructure that creates jobs is a good thing to do with taxpayer dollars,” he said. “No one has ever suggested that deepening the Port of Charleston would not be an economic benefit to the region and the nation as a whole.”
In other words, government spending can create jobs.
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The contradictions inherent in conservatives’ fierce protection of defense spending no matter what is truly appalling sometimes. Oy.
I think it shows that they don’t even take themselves seriously. Why voters do remains a mystery.
I think I agree with Barak on this one, regularly legislators make statements or decisions that go wholly against their policy platforms and those of their party. Its almost as if they understand that no one actually pays attention to or cares about this stuff, and that they basically have carte blanche to do whatever they want.
Actually, this reminds me of an old headline from the Onion: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others