Republicans Have no Shame

In a move that surprised nobody, Republicans inserted riders in the spending bill increasing an individuals donation limit to party committees 1000% (wait for it..........protecting ones freedom) and gave the big banks a nice little gift to get the taxpayer back on the hook for derivative trading.

The path to oligarchy is in safe hands with the new congress.

Imagine what these shameless hacks will do if they get the executive branch in 16'.

  More cleansing of the party's liberal Republicans is needed.. 

More Tea Party Republicans would solve this issue, too many are democrats with (R's) after their name. 

Would this be the same spending bill that the Democrat controlled Congress passed? Why no blame for the Dems that voted for this in both chambers? Both parties add garbage to bills that fit their agenda and the common demoninator is they cost us, the taxpayers, more and more money. Both parties could care less about fiscal responsibilty, it's all about getting power, keeping power, and paying back those they got them there.

here are some other gems i've been reading about this $1 trillion monstrosity.

first and foremost, 55% is for military spending (1% of which is for pay raises for personnel).  that's a lot of corporate welfare to give to defense contractors, but on the other hand, there are a lot of brown people out there so we need to send that money to defense firms to keep us safe.  plus, this ISIS group we just heard about killed a few americans (none in the US but still) so that has to be worth a few billion.

 nothing about reforming that tax code everyone seems to talk about but do nothing to fix

and maybe most importantly for the success and freedom of americans, congress gave itself a pay raise.  not directly, but by increasing the amount of money that can be "donated" to them.  so, bad news for all of the little people.  the cost of buying someone in congress so you can get some of this welfare going your way just went up. 

anyone think obama vetoes this thing?  don?

Why were the Republican's scared to death to have the government shut down? Nothing dramatic to the best of my knowledge has ever happened or not happened during a shutdown.

Did the IRS hire an additional 16,000 agents to make sure you have purchased your Obamacare?

i think a lot of people who have government jobs rely on the government operating so they can get paid, feed their families, that kind of thing. 

the new spending bill cuts funds to the IRS, i believe,. 

The Right and Left are in it together. Can not tell them apart.

Obama campaigned tough that one might think he would veto this crap, but he like all politicians are owned by lobbyists.

yeah, that jamie story was on a few websites.  when the boss calls, those politicians jump to attention. 

The US tax payer on the hook for trillions of derivative bets. The sad part is hardly anyone knows.

They are all bought and paid for and we are paying the bill.

How can there be no balanced budget since the days of Newt and Bill? Just plain wrong.

Yet, the respective "base"  likes to point fingers to the other side as the ONLY problem. On second thought, it's been working so why change?

Yep, blame the other guy politics work. Have to admit I'm guilty of that at times myself, but I'm not oblivious to the bad laws and policies the Republicans have bestowed upon us.

other than this one, what bad laws and policies would you say republicans have bestowed on us? like top 5 maybe?

Just off the top of my head, The Patriot Act, the war on drugs, the war in Afghanistan, the Iraq war, the banning of sports betting in the US other than Vegas. 

dl36, Yes. The leadership of both parties are in it together to bring this country to its knees. They both are the 'Enemy Within'. Boehner and McConnell need to leave their respective leadership positions immediately.

dl36, Yes. The leadership of both parties are in it together to bring this country to its knees. They both are the 'Enemy Within'. Boehner and McConnell need to leave their respective leadership positions immediately.

this looks like the culprit.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/15/kevin-yoder-wall-street-bailout_n_6329784.html


also, this bill is supposed to be 1600 pages long.  i'm sure they all read it though, unless they need to pass it first to see what's in it. 

good comments after the original crap is over....carry on fellas...all good stuff.....both sides suck and we pay the price....been going on for a long time...get NEW blood leading and lets see what happens.....not going to happen though I am afraid..