Barney Frank: 'No Tax Cut Would Have Helped Us Deal With This'

Weekly Standard ^ | 04/16/2013 | By DANIEL HALPER

[Responsibility2nd]

"I'm glad you raised that, because it gives me a chance to make a point I've felt strongly about," said Frank. "In this terrible situation, let's be very grateful that we had a well-funded, functioning government. It is very fashionable in America, and has been for some time to criticize government, belittle public employees, talk about their pensions, talk about what people think ... of [their] health care. Here we saw government in two ways perform very well. ... I never was as a member of Congress one of the cheerleaders for less government, lower taxes. No tax cut would have helped us deal with this or will help us recover. This is very expensive."

[Responsibility2nd]

Methinks Barney's been wearing his belt a little too tight around his neck lately.

[South Dakota]

That POS was on the morning CNN show to discuss the Boston bombing. Nothing he said made any sense at all

[gov_bean_ counter]

Has it ever???

[kosciusko51]

Nor does spending so much money on paying people not to work help us deal with this.

[Mr. K]

But I bet a huge tax increase would have...

[skeeter]

These statists are sick in the head.

[MrB]

He’s an example of a Marxist being averse to letting people decide things for themselves, like how to spend their own money.

[ZULU]

What he REALLY said was:

“No Tath cut would hafth helped uth deal with thith.”

[IbJensen]

Barney needs to get a new hobby. This being the high priestess of butt worship is wearing thin.

Barney, there's a new disease out there awaiting you.

Your sick little brain has spawned an economic collapse in this nation and your gang of sycophants are attempting a second act.

[loveliberty2]

Barney conveniently overlooks the fact that conservatives acknowledge the Constitutional role of government to defend the nation and its citizens. This swipe at those who insist on calling the government to account for its unconstitutional spending simply reveals his ideological and political bias.

[kiryandil]

It is very fashionable in America, and has been for some time to criticize government, belittle public employees, talk about their pensions, talk about what people think ... of [their] health care.

Barney sez: "Youse peasants shut up and be HAPPY that your .giverment "servants" are only getting paid $30 bucks an hour to walk out to the mailbox twice a month when they're retired. And shut up about the gold-plated forever medical care..."

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

So tell me Barney, what does Harry Reid’s beloved “cowboy poetry” lend to this situation?

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

If Barney’s head was not permanently jammed up his rectum, he would know that LOWER tax rates generally yield HIGHER revenues to the US Treasury.

[chris37]

What malignant parasites these “people” are.

*spits*

[skeeter]

I thought we were rid of that lithping weirdo.

[ssaftler]

But I bet a huge tax increase would have...

Not to mention porous borders and restrictions on legal gun ownership that would have Adolf, Vladimir and Mao smiling from their little sections of Hades.

And yes, my tagline is very appropriate in light of yesterday's

TERRORIST ATTACK

in my home town.

[mountainlion]

A remark like this form a man that cost this country billions of dollars.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He’ll be with us always.

[ZULU]

Never thay never.

Old fags never die - thye just fade away - or something like that.

[Iron Munro]

The only thing more ridiculous than Barney Frank are the people who pretend he has something worthwhile to say.