So I finally get home from work, where I HAVE A JOB with which to PAY MY FRICKIN' TAXES to fund OUTRAGEOUSLY OVERBLOATED SPENDING BILLS, and I take care of some emails and such (while getting suitably beered up) and then I notice a "Breaking News" notification from the Sackatomatoes Bee:
Obama signs spending bill; California scores big on pet projectsOh joy. More of my tax money WHICH I PAY going to fund PET PROJECTS for the pukes in Congress.
Ending another long battle over federal spending, President Barack Obama today signed a $410 billion appropriations bill that includes funding for more than 8,000 pet projects for members of Congress, including hundreds in California.
And what kid of projects?
WASHINGTON - Ending another long battle over federal spending, President Barack Obama today signed a $410 billion ...In addition to the $787 BILLION or so in the previous bill
... appropriations bill that includes funding for more than 8,000 pet projects for members of Congress, including hundreds in California.Puke. Thieving bastards, and I don't care if it's in this state.
The bill includes at least $69 million for Sacramento ...Home, of course, to the cash-hemorrhaging SacBee
... including money to target methamphetamine sales, ...Let the turds do themselves in
... raise Folsom Dam ...Yeah, like the envirofreaks will let that happen
... repair erosion sites along the Sacramento River, widen levees ...Okay, this one's not so bad, but I don't want to make out-of-staters pay for California's problems
... extend the city's light rail system ...Which I will never use, despite its being paid for with my tax dollars
... and pay for school programs aimed at reducing the risk of obesity and chronic diseases.Look, just quit giving them free lunches and make them run a few laps. It won't kill them. And it's FREE!
Obama, who vowed to clamp down on earmarks during last year's presidential campaign ...Another campaign promise down the toilet
... said that he backed the bill to keep the federal government operating. But he made it clear that he wants Congress to change its ways.Yeah. Good luck with that.
"So let there be no doubt: This piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability that the American people have every right to expect and demand," Obama said.Yeah. Good luck with that.
California scored big with Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer ...Dimmest bulb in the Senate, by most accounts.
... and Dianne Feinstein ...Advocate of disarming the plebes but holder of a CCW permit (at least until the hypocrisy was pointed out)
... advancing projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars, rejecting bipartisan criticism -- from Sens. Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and John McCain of Arizona, among others -- that earmarks bloat the federal budget and should not be used by members of Congress.Says the rich bitch picking my pockets to fund her "pet projects".
"They support bureaucrats making all of these decisions," Boxer said. "But as elected officials, it is our job to know the priorities of our states.
As long as we ensure that the process is transparent ...Yeah. Right. Transparent. Earmarks are ALWAYS transparent, aren't they?
... and there are no conflicts of interest, I think a small portion of our budget expenditures can be determined by members of Congress."So now a trillion and a half is a small portion. You thieving puke.
Boxer, who heads the Senate's environmental committee, got 115 California projects worth $178 million tucked into the bill.Well, how nice. $178 million, not a penny of which will benefit me, the taxpayer paying for it.
With backing from both Boxer and Feinstein, the Senate approved the measure Tuesday night, sending it to Obama for his signature. It provides funding for nearly all government departments and agencies, which have had their funding frozen since October.Here's a thought: Why don't we just fire a few million bureaucreeps. Their unemployment checks would be cheaper.
As a result, none of them have been able to initiate new programs."None of them have been able to initiate new programs." I'm crying here.
Really, I am. As I write the checks and weep for my children and grandchildren.
4 comments:
After you're done writing the checks, clean your guns.
The levee work on the Sacramento River has about the same chance as raising Folsom Dam, Ken. At least from what I hear; you are closer to the area. But otherwise, I'm with you 100%.
And Brian.
Earmarks really aren't that bad. It's 2% of the budget (which, if it tells us anything, it's that the budget is too high to begin with). But really, it's just Congress doing its job - appropriating money. If Congress doesn't tab funds for projects, that means some faceless (and probably soulless) beaurocrat gets to decide where you're tax dollars go. Also, Ken, even if you don't use the light rail system, maybe someone else does and that means lighter traffic for you.
I'm just sayin'
I've got a spare bedroom. I might even clean the bathroom if you give me enough of a heads up.
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