10.23.2009
The Week In Review: Fuzzy Math, Washington Logic, and Other Things We’re Apparently Not Supposed to Understand
National Debt in 1992: $4T
National Debt as of October 20th, 2009: 11.9T (ouch!)
-U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
Legislation to Prevent Future Legislation?
This week, Senator Feingold introduced legislation that curbs future legislation.
Huh?
Clearly, the only place this makes sense is Washington DC. Sen. Feingold’s “Control Spending Now Act” is his attempt to look like a fiscal hawk…but unfortunately for him, his record tells a different story. After contributing to our massive debt since 1992 and 17 years of a nearly flawless “D” and “F” ratings record from the National Taxpayers Union, it’s going to take more than an obscure piece of legislation that addresses less than 4% of our current debt (and matures over 10 years!) to reverse his plummeting approval ratings.
Once again, we’re seeing a career politician’s approach to solving a problem—when what we need instead is a leader.
Leaders are Evaluated by Results, Not Intentions
People all across Wisconsin—and America—are hurting right now. We’re worried about our families. We’re worried about our jobs. We’re worried about the financial future of our country. If Sen. Feingold really understood this, he would have stood up against the things he identifies in this bill since going to Washington in 1992—including the massive spending that he’s supported over the last 9 months. The plain and simple truth is he supports big-government and big spending. Now he’s asking us for a 24-year career and assumes we’re too stupid to see through his latest smokescreen. Well, we’re not…and if he hasn’t learned that throughout his almost 30 years in politics, he isn’t going to learn it now.
It’s time for Sen. Feingold to stop grandstanding behind meaningless proposals and start standing up for his constituents. There is too much at stake—our liberty, our security…our country. Senator Feingold, results—not intentions—matter.
Do we need to address spending and Congressional behavior in the future? Of course…but we don’t need new legislation to do so—we already have it: the Constitution. If Sen. Feingold cared more about following that document and less about seeing his name on bills that do nothing for the people of Wisconsin, we wouldn’t be in the mess we are…and the future would take care of itself.
It’s time to fight…it’s time to lead…it’s time to win!
Dave
