The Consequences of pork barrel spending?
Posted by Moonage on 26 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: National Debt, National Politics, The Media
Here’s the lead volley:
Gigot: Welcome to "The Journal Editorial Report." I’m Paul Gigot. Of all the problems facing congressional Republicans this November, voter frustration with runaway spending is one of the biggest.
And the reply:
Flake: Politically it’s a huge problem. We’ve always sold ourselves as the party of limited government, and it’s very difficult to be perceived as that when you’re earmarking bills like this: bridge to nowhere, swimming pools in California. It’s just crazy.
Now, I’m not going to go into why it is that Paul Gigot feels Jeff Flake is qualified to assume this is national problem for Republicans. That’s not my point here. My point is Flake is just 100% wrong. The reason is very simple: all politics is local.
Now, I’m sure you’re wondering what I mean by that. It’s just as simple, "what have you for ME lately" trumps national issues. Nobody cares if the national debt inches up another million dollars or so IF that million dollars benefits them. Get it? It is expected by the average guy for his Congressman to bring home the bacon. That guy expects his Congressman to taking money from everywhere else and bring it home. If his Congressman fails in that duty, he’s got a problem. That’s when Congressmen start relying on national issues to buffer them FROM the local people.
The national debt is an issue. However, it’s not nearly as critical as some people make it out to be. To me, it’s a bigger problem when Congressmen like Flake don’t realize why they are where they are. The House of Representatives is designed to localize federal government. The US Senate and the President are designed to protect the best interests of the country at large. The problem people like Flake present to me is they don’t understand those roles the Constitution put in place. He thinks he’s the President, not a Congressman. Flake should be asking for billions and billions for the people of his district. The Senate and the President should be bringing that number back to within budget. The problem we have as well is the Presidents and Senate for the last 25 years have abdicated that role.
That’s not a Republican or Democrat issue. IMO, that’s the media not taking the effort to research and think this issue out and instead relying totally on the word of the Congressman. Most of which who can’t bring home the bacon.
Now, think about this for a second. In the late 90’s, the economy was booming. The Republicans took over the House with a Democrat President. The House demanded a balanced budget due to the charges of the media. The President capitulated. The budget was balanced. The economy sank in a recession for about three years. A new President came in, over-spent the budget for a couple of years, the economy recovered. So, debt is not purely a bad thing. It’s an extremely valuable economic tool. Don’t let those who refuse to play the game convince you otherwise. There’s just sore losers who want to take their ball home.
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on 28 Jun 2006 at 12:11 am 1.Seven Star Hand said …
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Now for the worst part of this horrendous equation.
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Money: The Greatest Lie Ever Told
Peace…