Our country is in the middle of an economic recession. This means times are tight. In my family, and almost any other family, when times are tight you look at your budget and find some ways to cut costs and eliminate unnecessary spending. While this might seem like common sense, it certainly doesn’t seem to apply to our Washington politicians who appear to think they are spending monopoly money as opposed to real money. For example, how else can you explain:
1. Obama passing an executive order to fund abortion in other countries.
2. Secretary of State Clinton promising millions of dollars to help rebuild Palestine.
These are certainly not things that are necessary, or even that MOST Americans would support in good economic times, much less in our current economy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for charity and what not, but this isn’t immunizing kids in poverty stricken countries. This is just divisive partisan foolishness.
I agree! It seems like the government asks us to "tighten our belts" and then they do the exact opposite. You can't spend your way out of a recession.
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ReplyDeleteWhile I do have an Associates degree in Economics from a prestigious university; my post wasn't as much about whether or not we could spend our way out of a recession, but rather to call them out on spending money on things that most Americans wouldn't support in good economic times.
So frustrating.... I can't say more. You can't argue with stupid. (Not meaning you by the way and I can forgive the grammar if you can forgive the teacher in me ;)
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