Tea Party Parrot Eric Cantor Calls for Budget Cuts Before Disaster Relief...Again
Karl Frisch talks to Keith Olbermann about Eric Cantor's latest attempt to emulate Scrooge.
And therein lies the cognitive dissonance that fails the GOP and their tea party extremists. It's easy to say that you're for "smaller government," but when push comes to shove, what does that mean in reality?
We can cut funding to the National Weather Service, and the Tsunami Warning System, but what do you tell Americans who face the devastation of losing everything in a natural disaster? How much more does it cost us to not act preventatively? Ask the people of the Gulf Coast.
We can cut funding for the Department of Education...but are you willing to fork over the money personally for your kid's education? No, I don't mean private school. I had to registered my two kids this week for school. In addition to getting their classroom assignments, I got a supply list from each teacher. Not just what my kids needed, but what the classroom needed: Kleenex boxes, hand sanitizers, lined paper, etc. And they asked for donations to keep the music program at my eldest's middle school. All in all, I forked over $800 before I bought a lunch box or backpack that my kid will personally use. Why? Because of funding cuts. And on top of that, there are already eight scheduled furlough days with the option of more to make up for budget shortfalls.
