Every single House Republican voted against the Pork Package. Er, the stimulus bill. Then again, the damn thing still passed. Here’s what Nancy Pelosi had to say:
“The ship of state is difficult to turn,” said the California Democrat. “But that is what we must do. That is what President Obama called us to do in his inaugural address.”
True that. But the ship of state isn’t at all hard to scuttle — which is exactly what is going to happen if we keep spending like this.
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Scuttling isn’t a good metaphor. The “spending like this” you refer to is not a new phenomenon. Right now it’s just a ramping up of the previous insanity. I’d use the metaphor of an already scuttled ship that’s been taking on water for quite a while when a new captain suggests that what’s needed is a lot more oars, and then the friends of the old captain suggest that the holes be improved to allow the water to flow out at a faster rate.
Face it. This is what we’re in for over the next four years. (Two if we’re lucky)
Every Republican votes “no”, but still, any fricken piece of crap law gets passed by the Dem majority.
Jon, the new head of the Justice Department may be willing to prosecute for torturing a metaphor like that. If taking on water is supposed to equate to taking on government debt, increased spending will do that as surely as decreasing revenue. I don’t know what the oars are supposed to be.
Oars: new spending
Improved holes: more tax cuts
My imperfect metaphor was more imperfectly perfect than Stephen’s, I must say. As for the new head of Justice, I’m willing to take my chances. Or as the metaphor would go: I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it.