The House’s modern-day Hoovers
By Colbert I. King | Saturday, January 31, 2009 | The Washington Post
“…This week, House Republicans voted in lock step against President Obama’s economic stimulus package, using as one excuse their deep concern about the impact of government spending on the future debt burden of America’s ‘children and grandchildren’. The GOP’s distress is little more than a political contrivance. Were the Republicans really putting children first, they would have supported a stimulus plan that sought to provide money to communities and people, create jobs, and put homeownership within reach of working families. Even after Democrats dropped some spending provisions that Republicans found distasteful, not one House Republican voted for Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013003182_pf.html
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