GOP: porkmasters

You may have seen lately where the GOP was going to cut the rate of growth of Medicaid, to encourage states to slim it down and weed out fraud. Naturally, the left whined about the "cuts", which weren't even cuts in amounts spent...just the rate of growth. About the only thing the left ever wanted to "cut" was defense spending.

Well, the whining (and media coverage by the Dems' trusty allies in the MSM) worked. Republicans ran like scared dogs, and backed off.

So why can't they seem to cut the government's massively bloated size (and budget)? Well, because they're now intoxicated with power, and will spend billions on pork to keep it. Funny, since I thought the GOP was supposed to be the party of limited government and fiscal discipline! Geez, they're spending like drunken sailors at a Tijuana whorehouse!

Little wonder why I'm a Libertarian, huh?

Cal Thomas has a great column on the GOP betraying their vows in 1994 to restore fiscal sanity to D.C. Among such "federal spending priorities":

$100,000 of our tax dollars going to the Tiger Woods Foundation;
$75,000 for the sports halls of fame in Syracuse, N.Y;
$450,000 for "educational outreach", i.e. the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

These are federal responsibilities? Please read Cal's column (it's pretty short) to get the full appreciation on how the GOP has flushed the Contract with America (and six consecutive Congressional, along with two presidential, victories) down the toilet.