{"id":21506,"date":"2010-12-14T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T14:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21506"},"modified":"2010-12-14T11:12:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T15:12:18","slug":"irresponsible-tax-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21506","title":{"rendered":"“Irresponsible” tax cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just watched Mark Udall (D-UT<\/del>CO) call extending the current tax rates “irresponsible spending” because of the “burden” we’re placing on our children. So now I’m wondering where he was when Congress voted themselves pay hikes, extending their staffs, rewarding themselves a rich retirement plan. <\/p>\n

Where was he when we gave heating oil to North Korea while they developed nuclear weapons in violation of their agreement that got them the free heating oil? Where was he when we were giving money to the Taliban while they protected al Qaeda inside their borders?<\/p>\n

Where was he when Jimmy Carter formed the Energy Department and the Education Department. Where was he when the government expanded the “commerce clause” to include health care? Why is he opposed to dismantling the Commerce Department which has duplicate agencies in almost every other Department? <\/p>\n

It wasn’t the taxpayers who are culpable for the massive debt – it’s the fault of Congress, which has over the last sixty years intruded into every aspect of our lives…right down to the size of the seats in which we sit at the local theater and more recently, the food our kids eat at school.<\/p>\n

The only people that tax cuts “cost” are Congressmen who buy patronage with our earnings. In the first day of Economics 101, students learn that government costs the economy. Maybe that’s the problem – too many lawyers and not enough econ students in Congress.<\/p>\n

I’m tired of being blamed because I want to keep my own money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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