Posted on 05/27/2010 3:40:53 AM PDT by Scanian
Given the choice between retaining power in the short term or doing what's right for America, which would you choose? Most Americans, I believe, would be willing to sacrifice a great deal for their country, and this willingness to sacrifice has always been the great pillar of American democracy. Unfortunately, there is no fondness for sacrifice in Washington these days, especially among the Democratic leadership and its supporters.
The irresponsibility of the left is on display daily as one piece of self-serving legislation follows another. The latest example comes in the form of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010. Sponsored by Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan -- a state certainly in need of jobs, if not of loophole-closing -- the bill is one more exercise in political cynicism on the part of the most cynical Congress in history.
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As I look around my city I cannot find a single job created by the first stimulus bill. Not a single one! Where are the “shovel ready” jobs? Where is the expansion of private enterprise? Where is anything permanently created besides more paper shufflers in government?
Maybe I am just a blind American loving conservative with blinders on.
The greedy and unscrupulous politicians in DC now are getting while the getting is good.
There is NO concern for the long term or ultimate good for this country.
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