YouCut Votes Are In

The fiscal conservatives in the GOP have ended their first week of allowing Patriotic Freedom Fighters the chance to stick it to the government by voting on what spending item they want to see cut from the budget. And the winner is... Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund. Those danged welfare recipients. All they want to do is sit at home and collect checks from the government. This will teach 'em.

Republicans called the program a "backdoor way to undo" welfare reform. Coming from the Party of Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, and George Rekers I'd say that know what they're talking about.

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