The House voted last night to pass President Obama's economic stimulus package, so now it's off to the Senate (which hopefully won't add too much stuff to it...It's already close to $900 billion). Not a single Republican representative voted for the bill. Not a big surprise there - they've been fairly open about the fact that they think the package should include more tax cuts and less new spending. (The version that passed is about one-third tax cuts and two-thirds spending.) I may not agree with their analysis, but at least I can respect that as a position.
But this?
Representative Virginia Foxx, Republican of North Carolina, said that former President George Bush’s signature tax cuts in 2001 had created years of growth but that the nation’s problems started when Democrats regained majorities in Congress in the 2006 elections.
Dear Virginia: ARE YOU FRAKKING ON CRACK???
Here's some U.S. Department of Labor stats on what those "years of growth" looked like for Foxx's home state. They call the exact span of time to which Foxx refers as "The worst 4-year losses since the 1930's." Huh.
You know, if I just disagreed with her, it would be one thing. I'd think of Foxx the same way I think of Senator Burr. But this woman is either a frakking idiot or she lives in an alternate reality.
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