“Assuming the $30 million-a-day figure in lost revenues is correct, as of Tuesday the government was out $330 million. According to the Associated Press, the entire annual budget for the program for rural air services is around $200 million.
So here’s where it stands now: Senate Democrats are blocking the House-passed FAA extension because it includes the cuts for rural air service; Senate Republicans are blocking the Senate Democrats’ extension because it restores the cuts.
This stuff would actually be funny if it weren’t costing us badly needed tax revenues and delaying badly needed airport improvements. As baseball’s Casey Stengel once said in a different contest: ‘Can’t anybody here play this game?'”Dale McFeatters
That’s why the tea party. The Republicans are dysfunctional. They are anticonstitutional. They want to throw granny under the bus rather than pay her what they owe her. They want the FAA, but they don’t want equal service. I really don’t think the Democrats could get a single vote, let alone have such a large registration advantage, if the Republicans were who they say they are.
The Republicans have never attempted to restore the Constitution while in control of Congress and the WhiteHouse. They’re just as big on earmarks and pork. And when they are forced to pee or get off the pot, they sell the White House. George H. W. Bush didn’t exactly go all out against Clinton. There were Republicans who could have beaten Clinton, but the Republicans nominated Dole. Not that we weren’t better off with Clinton than with a commie Republican president. At least it kept up the war between the parties. Otherwise the commie Republican president might have pulled off a real coup for liberals. And McCain? Well, you see what I’m talking about.
Do I need to go through this again? We the People are not members of the parties. The politicians own them. We the Stupid keep sending money to the party and they are shrewd enough to use it to get their own kind nominated. Don’t send them money. Don’t look to see who they endorse. Pick your own candidate and send your hard earned bucks to somebody who recognizes what they are worth to you.
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