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At least Paul has the common sense not to vote for a bill that no one has read...
'Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he voted against the $1.1 trillion government spending bill that passed Congress last week because nobody had a chance to read the behemoth legislation.
It was over a trillion dollars, it was all lumped together, 2,242 pages, nobody read it, so frankly my biggest complaint is that I have no idea what kind of things they stuck in the bill
It is very easy to spend huge amounts of other people's money. And when you have 1.1 trillion to spend, you can help all your rich buddies get richer and ensure that your voters will continue to vote for you.
It's rich people helping other rich people get richer.
The $1.2 trillion bill, released on Tuesday, includes more than 6,000 earmarks totaling $8 billion, an amount that many lawmakers decried as an irresponsible binge following a midterm election in which many voters demanded that the government cut spending.
Rands right, but it isn't just this bill the crooks didn't read, it's most all.
I don't know why congress bothers to convene (other than to give the pretense that they are "working"), when they could just phone it in
It is very easy to spend huge amounts of other people's money. And when you have 1.1 trillion to spend, you can help all your rich buddies get richer and ensure that your voters will continue to vote for you.
It's rich people helping other rich people get richer.
The $1.2 trillion bill, released on Tuesday, includes more than 6,000 earmarks totaling $8 billion, an amount that many lawmakers decried as an irresponsible binge following a midterm election in which many voters demanded that the government cut spending.
More democrats voted for it than republicans. After 'we have to pass it to know what's in it' is anyone surprised?
That isn't saying much, 27 Republicans in the Senate voted for this, and 150 Republicans in the House voted for this bill. This is definitely a bipartisan bill, but it wouldn't have passed if most Republicans voted against it.
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