Reason #1258

Although we've seen it so often before (austerity measures which have actually made the deficit worse, being against unemployment and SNAP benefits even though they offer the greatest return on our tax dollars of any expenditure, refusing Medicaid as part of Obamacare on principle rather than as a matter of economics and costing their states even more money, hell, even supporting the right to continue using old-fashioned light bulbs even though they use much more energy and don't last nearly as long) the credibility republicans have on fiscal responsibility is about that of Charles Manson claiming he believes in the Golden Rule.

Another case in point:  the state of Utah has spent $30,000 since they passed a welfare reform law last year requiring welfare applicants to undergo drug testing and have caught...wait for it, wait for it...12 fucking people.

I know it's a republican wet dream that every welfare recipient is a crack-addicted mother with eleven kids, but the plain truth of the matter is that the vast majority of welfare recipients are just ordinary folks, and if they can't afford to buy food for their kids, they certainly can't afford to buy dope.

If the republicans really wanted to protect our tax dollars they'd shut the fuck up and go home.

Peace,
emaycee

Worst. Businessman. Ever.

Seems one George Burnett, a smoothie shop owner in Vernal, Utah, is charging Liberals a dollar more for their drinks than conservatives, and donating the extra dollar to conservative groups.  Mr. Burnett makes the highly dubious claim that Liberals are happy to pay the extra charge, but then cites as his lone example a conservative who bought his Liberal wife one of these drinks (wives, as anyone who's been married knows, are incredibly forgiving of their husband's idiocy).

Myself, I wouldn't piss on his establishment if it was on fire, even if his drinks tasted like the nectar of the Gods.  And I highly doubt there are many Liberals who would.

But I think the larger equation here is that this is another fine example of why republicans shouldn't be allowed anywhere near our fiscal policy.  I've worked in retail establishments for well over thirty years, and all of them wouldn't dream of doing anything to piss off one customer, let alone 35-40% of their possible clientele.  And anyone who would, just to make a point, shouldn't even be allowed to sit at the table while we're having serious discussions about the future of this country's finances.

"Stupid is as stupid does" is fine as a punch line in a movie, but for fiscal policy that affects whether or not our families eat and have a place to live, fucking stupidity just doesn't cut it.

And the George Burnett's of the world are not an aberration--their thoughts are what passes for policy in today's republican party.

Peace,
emaycee