After George Bush invaded and blew up Iraq, we had to fix it. In the words of Bush's then Secretary of State, former General Colin Powell, if you break Iraq, "you buy it." And buy it we did.
To date the American tax payer has footed at least $44.6 billion to build roads, schools, mosques, and other infrastructure in Iraq. Bush and the GOP did not raise one penny to pay for any of it. In fact, they never, ever, one single time complained about spending money in Iraq where we've spent over a trillion dollars. Therefore, every single penny for reconstruction, just like for the war, has been added to the national debt. Last week when a natural disaster struck the east coast and did billions in damages, Republicans decided to channel their make-believe fiscal conservative side and suggested that any money for disaster relief (i.e., money for our own people to be spent on our own soil) has to be offset with cuts from somewhere else. Truth be told, this year alone any time federal disaster relief has been promised to aid in reconstruction efforts, Republicans have insisted all of it must be offset with cuts to other areas. Prudent fiscal conservatives they are.
When Republicans were in charge of this country and were in a prime position to hold true to their self-proclaimed fiscal conservative values, they never one single time paid for anything. Everything they did was added to the national debt including reconstructing foreign countries. In addition, they never one time tried to hold up funds to reconstruct Iraq and routinely called anyone who dare question it unpatriotic. But when it comes to spending money here at home on our own people for natural disaster relief, Republicans would rather spend that money on an Iraqi.
On what planet does any of that make sense?
Posts
0 comments :
Post a Comment