Our Reps Are (Still) Idiots

American Thinker ^ | Dec 06, 2017 | Jeffrey Folks

[Oshkalaboomboom]

OK, so they finally passed it. The Senate tax reform bill, however imperfect, will return money to taxpayers, spur business, and increase jobs. Significantly, the bill repeals the Obamacare mandate and provides other benefits, such as opening portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling. These are major accomplishments. Yet nearly half of our representatives in the Senate voted no, and what with Sen. Corker's obstruction, Republicans came close to stumbling once again.

The great historian Robert Conquest once pointed out that the Soviet system fell not just because of flawed ideology or Western opposition, but because its leaders were "stupid." They murdered, imprisoned, or exiled most of their greatest scientists; they ran the economy into the ground with inefficient state-run industries; they engaged in corruption at every level of society. No wonder they failed.

Much the same can be said for our representatives in Congress. Why would the people's representatives, all of them, not rush to pass a major reform that would bring such good to ordinary Americans? Obviously, because they are idiots.

In the course of the debate, one senator after another revealed himself as such. The dunce hat passed from John McCain to Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, and Ron Johnson before ending up on Bob Corker's head. There's also every Democratic member of the Senate, but they've voted that way for decades. It would appear that these esteemed representatives don't have the sense of the common people, who can tell at a glance that less tax is better than more.

Along with opposing tax reform, the entire Congress has once again failed to consider spending cuts of any sort. In a federal budget totaling $3.54 trillion in 2016, Congress can't find a dime that needs cutting.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Not only are they not getting spending under control, representatives are salivating at the thought of finding ways to spend all of the revenue brought in by tax cuts. When was the last time you heard serious non-election-season talk of cutting spending and paying down the debt?

[Personal Responsibility]

” In a federal budget totaling $3.54 trillion in 2016, Congress can’t find a dime that needs cutting.”

I am so disgusted by this statement that I can’t even find the words.

[gunnyg]

“Our Reps Are (Still) Idiots”
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What’s to argue.

[RJS1950]

Yes, they are all idiots and they truly believe we are uninformed, witless idiots who don’t understand their lies and actions. Unfortunately, there are too many voters out there who are idiots.