Roomin' House Blues

In another of those amazing emails I get from dozens of interesting groups Consistent Life, the pro-life, pro peace organization, has this to say:   U.S. Budget Battles: What if the American People Decided?            Much as the punditry likes to claim that the American people want government services without paying the needed taxes for them, a  recent poll  suggests that if the will of the majority rather than well-lobbied politicians decided on the budget, it could be balanced. So many military expenditures – spending on preparation for and actual practice of mass killing – are what the U.S. cannot afford.         It’s been long established in many polls that the American people also don’t want tax money going for abortions. But the life-affirming health care, counseling services, and material assistance for mothers in need are only on the chopping block because of what some pol...

Public Citizen sent me another letter today, pointing out that the House budget proposes massive cuts to agencies that regulate Wall Street. I guess if you were angling for a second crash to bring the economy down the first place you would look for budget cutting is the agencies that are regulating the people who brought down the economy a few years ago.  Then you can do another massive bailout of your friends on Wall street.  Besides the fact that  these cuts are nonsensical, many of the cuts the house is proposing put them in failure of their legal obligations to fund programs.  You can't repeal a law by not funding it.  Congress is trying the illegal back door approach to defunding financial regulation.  Now a word from the moderates: Today, the Senate is scheduled to vote on competing budgets — one proposed by Republicans, one proposed by Democrats.  Among the numerous nonsensical cuts in the GOP budget are draconian cuts to federal agencies ch...