Comments on: You Can’t Trust Republicans With Your Money

By: Dr. Victor Davis Handjob

Dr. Victor Davis Handjob — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:50:44 +0000

I’ve never understood why Republicans care about an unbalanced budget. Their ideology preaches that any time they’re spending too much money, they can just cut taxes and have more revenue come in. So why not spend even more! Too many earmarks? No need for Pork busters — just cut more taxes to pay for them! Have all the earmarks and trillion-dollar wars you want! Economics is easy when it’s a theology instead of a science!

By: Rounds77

Rounds77 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:19:56 +0000

It most be difficult to be a GOP “apparatchik” (I like that one) these days.

I mean, for how long can one remain in that 4-month-post 911 mentality? To them, all this borrowing to fight Bush’s 911-revenge war justifies the GOP’s grossly un-conservative fiscal policy.

That ever-shrinking 26% better pray harder because they’re doomed by their inability to accept they’re own fallibility.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:46:32 +0000

….it wouldn't have been possible without the tax cuts you so virulently fought against….Posted by: SaveFarris

The increase in the National Debt for 2007 [xls file] is projected to be a record $843,128,100,785. Hail Bush! Those tax cuts to the wealthy really pay off in debt to the poor. You have to hand it to Republicans: no one mismanages the economy and government like Republican Party Apparatchiks.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:41:10 +0000

I got $600, I pay taxes. Perhaps I mispoke. Not a rebate, but a…. what did he call it? Besides Pissing away a first-time-in-history surplus, I mean.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:36:17 +0000

You can’t get a rebate of taxes you never paid to begin with. I was hoping remedial Economics 101 would have taught you that, but I guess our educational system is in bigger shambles than I believed.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:26:47 +0000

Rex, you didn’t get your $600 hush money, uh bribe, I mean tax rebate at the beginning of his term?
We’re all supposed to just shut up about it now, I guess.

By: Rex Mundane

Rex Mundane — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:00:15 +0000

No, actually I think what Farris is trying to say is that balancing the budget would be impossible if fearless leader’s glorious tax cut (which I still havent seen a penny of, incidentally) hadn’t screwed it up in the first place. Kind of an odd philosophical thing there, like if Bush hadn’t fucked things up then we wouldn’t have anything to look good for fixing. Like if there is no disease there can be no cure or something. Kinda zen there man.

By: z adura

z adura — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:32:01 +0000

I agree with Farris. Let’s eliminate all taxes. Only then will the government have a balanced budget. Right?

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:57:57 +0000

August is right, Farris. You are adorable.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:51:43 +0000

Glad to see you’re back on the Budget Balancing rhetoric. Of course, it wouldn’t have been possible without the tax cuts you so virulently fought against. But today is a new day!

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:29:12 +0000

I agree that you can’t trust the Republicans with your money.
Or your sons. /snark.

Come on. Can you trust ANY politician with your money? It’s kind of a forgone conclusion.

By: mdhåtter

mdhåtter — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:01:25 +0000

Or your daughters.

By: Haplo

Haplo — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:24:29 +0000

I agree that you can’t trust the Republicans with your money. I’m curious though; does Oliver think that one can trust the Democrats with your money?

By: Media Glutton

Media Glutton — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:07:27 +0000

Man, it’ll be nice to get a Dem. president and have the adults fully back in charge.