To those who have not had the “pleasure” of having been through the swamp recently, let me point out my last pass through that pit: Driving to a funeral up in the North East, I went around the DC Beltway in 2008. While the rest of the country was mired in a virtual depression, the freeway was jammed with new mostly upscale foreign autos of the Lexis, BMW, Mercedes (most of the all) and Volvos. It was like a different country. Restaurants jammed, people well dressed seemingly without a care in the world. It was like the Eloi world.
“It was like a different country. Restaurants jammed, people well dressed seemingly without a care in the world. It was like the Eloi world.”
More evidence billions of dollars in federal spending can be cut without negatively impacting essential services. The GOP has controlled the House of Representatives and the purse since 2011, yet nothing has been cut. Notice in the tax debate this year, the concept of paying for tax cuts with spending cuts is being totally ignored by the GOP Congress and the GOP president.