Dog the Swag BY PETE DU PONT
The Bear on Apr 27 2006 at 7:22 am | Filed under: OpinionJounral.com, Politics
How Republicans can break the spending habit.
“What do you suppose [they] are in the Congress for, if it ain’t to split up the swag?”–Will Rogers
Splitting up the swag (”booty, money, valuables”) seems to be what the congressional Republican Party is about.
The Heritage Foundation reported last week that this sixth year of a Republican Presidency and Congress will see government expenditures of $23,760 per household–$6,500 more than when they came to power in 2001 and the highest inflation-adjusted annual spending since World War II. Excluding homeland security, domestic discretionary spending has increased 7.6% per year. Education spending is up 139%; energy spending has doubled, and the Bush Medicare prescription drug bill will add $33 billion a year to federal expenditures.
Republicans, Will Rogers, Heritage Foundation
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