Our elected officials should be red in the face and short of breath from arguing against wasteful spending. But they're not.
I heard Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, a Republican, being interviewed on the radio this morning. The interviewer said something like, "They're saying this military parade could cost $25 million. What do you think about that?
A couple times he said things like "people shouldn't worry about that; we have bigger issues (I hate that word!) to be concerned with". I was practically yelling at my car radio "TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS?!"
Hell, I'd be against it if it cost $100. It's completely unnecessary and wasteful.
And then Gardner went on to say something like, "we have bigger issues such as... (exact quote follows) protecting and defending our troops."
Protecting and defending our troops?!
BRING THEM THE *** HOME!
And our president - any president, all presidents - should be standing up and saying, "No. We will not needlessly squander taxpayers' dollars for any reason." Instead, the current scumbag does the opposite.
/slams door on way out of thread