I’m really wrestling with the title of this piece. Fuck you to the “infrastructure” bill and those that support it just doesn’t seem strong enough. Although I’m fairly certain if I were to truly vent my rage in words, no one would would read beyond the title. So, I dialed it down a bit. You’re welcome.
Okay, where to start…how about this. EVERYBODY WANTS ROADS AND BRIDGES IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. EVERYONE. So shut right the fuck up with that piece of “pushback.” Roads and bridges are a given. So, what will that cost? How much for JUST roads and bridges? Because that’s all I’m willing to pay for. The end. That’s how much we should spend.
The high-functioning, dangerous morons in DC will try to insist it’s the only way. They need to be brought to heel. They are liars and frauds. A $1.2 trillion spending bill is not only outrageous, it’s a symbol of everything that is wrong with politics. This kind of spending can’t be allowed to continue. We don’t have the money. We can’t afford the debt. We grossly mismanage the taxpayers dollars at disgusting levels and we cannot continue down this path. You know it and I know it.
We are now in the dangerous habit of spending trillions of dollars casually. We’re also supposed to accept that when trillions of dollars are spent there is just ALWAYS going to be a shit ton of wasteful spending. We’re being conditioned to believe it’s normal. IT IS NOT. Nor should it ever be.
The nation just spent trillions on Covid relief. Before that? Trillions on an ominbus spending bill. And there were others before that! It’s common practice! WTF!
So, the people get mad and vote for so-called conservatives to represent them in DC. Hoping that finally we can get this bullshit under control. And then comes the kick-in-the-financial balls. A bunch of charlatans and liars, who were elected as “fiscal conservatives” decide to jump on the gravy train and vote for one of these spending monstrosities. That needs to stop. Now.
This spending that the government is doing is like a Ponzi scheme. If you get in early you reap the windfall. If you get in late? You get screwed. If you run the scheme and think it’ll never end? You’re in for rude awakening. Our elected officials have been wasting our money and lining their own pockets since day one (and maybe before) the founding of this Republic. It has always been “the way.” This scheme “worked” because America has always been growing. Ever expanding as an economic force of nature. The expansion has slowed…if not stopped. And we continue to spend like it’s the good old days. Kids…the end is almost here. We gotta stop these insane bills if we hope to survive as a nation. Our government is Bernie Madoff and the feds are in the lobby with a search warrant. The jig is up. It’s damage control time.
That’s what makes “Republican” support of this bill so much worse. It is a betrayal of the highest order. Fuck anyone who supports this latest nail in the nation’s coffin, but especially fuck the people on the “Right.”
Here’s more info on the bill and the douchebags who support it.
And here’s a poll as to how many Americans are pissed off at this kind of bullshit.
Lastly, here are my thoughts on an omnibus bill in 2018.
What can be done though? It’s so far ingrained in political culture it only gets worse. Trump tried to turn it around and did in some places. Problem is.. the spending ramped up and regulations given steroids It’s been undone and then some.
Think we need to get loud and actively get fake conservatives out of office. We need more people. Whoever has the most votes get to do what they want.