KS Republican's Plan To Repeal Federal Stimulus Funds Would Be Disaster For State
Kansas Republican Todd Tiahrt isn't known for being very bright, or brave. This past spring, Tiahrt was one of many Republicans who feebly attempted to stand up to their party's leader, Rush Limbaugh, only to come crawling back days later apologizing and kissing his ring.
Now, Tiahrt has decided to stand up to the evil Socialists, President Obama and Nancy Pelosi by proposing a plan that would repeal federal stimulus funds for his state -- which would be a total disaster and force the state to make massive cuts to their budget which is already hurting with the stimulus money:
U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, has a bill to repeal funding under the federal stimulus.
Of Kansas’ six-member congressional delegation, only U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, whose district includes east Lawrence, voted for the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. All five Republicans voted against it.
But Tiahrt, who is running for U.S. Senate, has ratcheted up the rhetoric, producing a campaign ad against the stimulus program that asks viewers to help him stop President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
State officials said without the stimulus funds, Kansas would be hurting worse. Read on...
Apparently, Tiahrt learned nothing from Republican Governor Mark Sanford's abysmal failure in South Carolina when he tried to do the same thing. Sanford got hammered from both Republicans and Democrats in his very red state and chances are, Tiahrt would meet the same fate.
like deciding wether to teach evolution or not. Right?
I simply do not understand how it escapes Republicans that if we didn't spend 7 trillion on the Iraq war we wouldn't be in as bad of shape as we are now. The Iraq war, justified or not, was a big expense in our budget, and yet none, 0, nada, of these Republicans will admit it.
Kansas: Stupidity on steroids!
I wish everyone of these "Red State" shitholes would give up all federal money, and live a pure GOP corporate fascist utopia.
After about five years, the "Blue States" would be prospering and reaping the benfits of their liberal societies, while the red state imbeciles would be starving to death in the streets, and cursing the damn liberals for causing all of their misery.
These repukes are so freaking stupid and evil, it boggles the mind how anybody could vote for them. I really wish these states would seceede, and take all of their republican idiots with them.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
"Kansas Republican Todd Tiahrt isn't known for being very bright, or brave."
If I recall, wasn't Tiahrt one of the Congressmen exposed as being a part of the "Family", the secret Christian group looking to take over the government? I think he was in Rachael Maddow's report the other night.
How can you ask for more than this? It isn't like the folks in Kansas are dumb enough to like the drone's idea. He just wrote his own retirement speech and resume. It fits so well with the depression. He'll go far.
Let him be. When the enemy is imploding ? Get the hell out of the way and let it happen. I cant say id feel too sorry for any of the Kansans over this. They can eat their bibles and watch Flush Dopedick to survive. They chose to be under the jackboots of those GOP fucktards. Some people never learn. Just retards political grandstanding. They could care less about the well being of the constituents.
-does he expect to gain from this maneuver? Who told him, or probably ordered Tiahrt to do this idiotic thing?
...do commit suicide? One can only hope, but then again this is a state that very recently tried to resurrect the specter of the Scopes Monkey Trial. The monkey won again, but the Dark Agers won't give up until everyone is too poor to buy a banana.
It’s all part of that ‘doing the same thing over again and expecting different results’ thang. Even a child can see these people are acting strangely.
THIS is what's the matter with Kansas.
I'm sure that Governor Parkinson (a Democrat, by the way) would have something to say to this guy about that.
Also, as someone who voted for the only Dem in Washington from Kansas, I have this to say about Tiahrt's senatorial ambitions: you aren't getting my vote.
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Looks like someone who would sneak around an sniff bicycle seats, at a Girl Scout meeting!
So states are crushed economically without this federal money, so exactly WHAT jobs are going to be created, if this money is nothing more than a budget fixer for states that are in this position? What jobs does that create?
"Oh governor, we are short 20 million on our welfare budget"
"That's ok, we'll take it out of the fed stimulus."
When the stimulating cash runs out, then what? Every state has to take an axe to their budgets AND raise taxes? And what will that do for jobs?
All this borrowed Chinese cash is doing, is delaying the inevitable.
you are concerned because....?
and I'm sure that nobody will have to tell you
You make some logical points.
Momentum is a big part of this. Kickstart. It's a leg up. It, if it works may eliminate the need for higher local taxes which you accurately portray as a result of failure.
So would you like to just go to higher local taxes now? Would you rather have high federal taxes and lower local taxes or vis versa?
It seems to me higher local taxes have fewer foreign borrowing results and helps international bankers less. Unfortunately rightists almost always oppose local tax bills. We either maintain our communities and ultimately country, or we don't. I vote we do.
Let the people of Kansas and any other state dumb enough to elect morons like this feel the effects of their policies. I hope it hurts, and I hope for once they learn.
this guy just oozes intelligence.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
It's just a matter of time until he gets busted for adultry too.
asking what he gains from this.
Since his proposal will not ever happen he can say he tried to stop the "evil" and the darned socialist just ran roughshod over all of us. This combined with the fact that we will not be able to test his hypothesis and make him claim responsibility for the havoc it would wreck for the citizens of his state. It's a win win for him with the non analytical bunch. That is lots of people.
Regardless of which route is taken, every problem will be the responsibility of or the result of the actions of the socialists(their favorite new word salad word). These people have a theology not a philosophy.
Tiart is one of the handful of Congressmen who belongs to "The Family" and lives in its C Street House.
Who else is currently there? John Ensign and Tom Coburn from the Senate. Other politicians belonging to the "Family" include Santorum and Mark Sanford. They're all nut cases and under the sway of some mighty creepy theological beliefs in respect to politics and power.
These black and white, end justifies the means people use to be called the base of the republican party. Now the are just called the republican party.
Tiahrt is my Rep, soon he will be my Senator. Please, will some intern give this guy a blow job so we can get rid of him? The guy is practically mentally retarded, I'm not kidding. His wife is the one who does the heavy thinking in the household.
Sad thing is he sails into office every election. He refused to debate his opponents because he can't do anything unscripted. He is owned by Koch Industries and takes his marching orders from the leaders of the Republican party. He's a joke and will be a bigger arse if elected to the Senate.
He has an opponent in the primary, Rep. Jerry Moran, who is smarter and more likeable. However the Jesus freaks will elect Tiahrt.
They don't care if they destroy their states. Hell, look at the state of the entire country and you can see that they are trying to destroy everything. It's all part of the grand plan to "shrink government down to the size that [the Cons] can drown it in a bathtub."
They've already told everyone the plan. The question is, will Americans let them get away with it? What am I saying? Of course we will. We're Americans. Letting our "leaders" shit on us is what we do best.
Not unless he has a sultry South of the Border mistress.
Todd Tiahrt - didn't he used to be Jerry Lundegaard?
bright or brave.
Of coarse he is not he's a republican. I think that almost everyone is begining to realize that repiblicanism is a mental illness!
These people need to go to republican rehab and get some help!
They are bringing the rest of the country down.
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