This is completely unacceptable. You mean to tell me this man has never voted for anything that wasn’t clearly funded? Yeah OK. Meanwhile, people have to be worried about their coverage. Let’s hope they get their heads back in the sunshine soon.
Finally! a Senator with a backbone! Find a way to pay for the program first before re-authorizing. Fiscal responsibility is coming to Washington! Liberals need to make cuts to their pet projects to fund worthwhile programs like National Flood Insurance.
I don’t disagree with you but who suffers while he stands on his principles? They know about these deadlines way in advance and they are so busy arguing that they get nothing accomplished. You bet you bottom that if the Flood Program was included on a Bill that he was in favor of, he’d vote yes. I bet he doesn’t live in a flood zone.
Hi agree fully with Insurance Guy. It is certainly about time someone stopped the process so that funding could be hashed out before bills are passed. While I understand that he is not running for re-election and have no idea if he would have taken the same stand if he were, the ends may justify the means. I know this is a tangent, but we need term limits. Reid says temporarily pass it…the problem with this is, it is pushed to the back burner and the issue is not resolved. Do you think they will focus on funding the bill if they have pushed the can down the road another month? I doubt it. Reid needs to go.
Though we definitely need to be fiscally responsible, I agree w/Ins Girl NY that letting these programs lapse only hurts so many Americans that need them. REALLY NEED them.
And dont get in to that Liberal/Conservative garbage. BOTH sides have pushed their own agendas and interests for probably as long as we’ve been a country. I agree that the short-term extensions are not the way to solve the problem, but neither is letting it lapse.
DS, maybe Bunning taking a stand is exactly what we need to make changes to the broken system. I understand your point about both parties pushing their own agendas, but what is the impetus for change and when does it begin? If not now, when? What would you suggest? Let us see the result of Bunning’s dissent. Will it be the same old same old, or will he turn out to be a hero after all.
We better start worrying about how we are going to pay for things. Washington is throwing money at anything and everything except where it is really needed without regard of the repercussions. There will be radical if not disastrous repercussions. Bailing out the fat cats, pork projects. Somebody better realize the TRUE size of multi-trillions.
I agree that we can’t continue to spend money we don’t have however they were aware of the deadline and did nothing. But let some ball player take steriods or let the BCS keep Utah out of the Nat’l title game and that’s a real Gubment issue to deal with. Idiots.
smacmo—try explaining fiscal responsibility to the current administration. Good luck with that. What’s bothersome is that they just don’t get it. I don’t understand why I get it and they don’t. Am I missing something here? If so, somebody please explain it to me. Laymen’s terms please.
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This is completely unacceptable. You mean to tell me this man has never voted for anything that wasn’t clearly funded? Yeah OK. Meanwhile, people have to be worried about their coverage. Let’s hope they get their heads back in the sunshine soon.
Finally! a Senator with a backbone! Find a way to pay for the program first before re-authorizing. Fiscal responsibility is coming to Washington! Liberals need to make cuts to their pet projects to fund worthwhile programs like National Flood Insurance.
I don’t disagree with you but who suffers while he stands on his principles? They know about these deadlines way in advance and they are so busy arguing that they get nothing accomplished. You bet you bottom that if the Flood Program was included on a Bill that he was in favor of, he’d vote yes. I bet he doesn’t live in a flood zone.
Hi agree fully with Insurance Guy. It is certainly about time someone stopped the process so that funding could be hashed out before bills are passed. While I understand that he is not running for re-election and have no idea if he would have taken the same stand if he were, the ends may justify the means. I know this is a tangent, but we need term limits. Reid says temporarily pass it…the problem with this is, it is pushed to the back burner and the issue is not resolved. Do you think they will focus on funding the bill if they have pushed the can down the road another month? I doubt it. Reid needs to go.
Though we definitely need to be fiscally responsible, I agree w/Ins Girl NY that letting these programs lapse only hurts so many Americans that need them. REALLY NEED them.
And dont get in to that Liberal/Conservative garbage. BOTH sides have pushed their own agendas and interests for probably as long as we’ve been a country. I agree that the short-term extensions are not the way to solve the problem, but neither is letting it lapse.
DS, maybe Bunning taking a stand is exactly what we need to make changes to the broken system. I understand your point about both parties pushing their own agendas, but what is the impetus for change and when does it begin? If not now, when? What would you suggest? Let us see the result of Bunning’s dissent. Will it be the same old same old, or will he turn out to be a hero after all.
We better start worrying about how we are going to pay for things. Washington is throwing money at anything and everything except where it is really needed without regard of the repercussions. There will be radical if not disastrous repercussions. Bailing out the fat cats, pork projects. Somebody better realize the TRUE size of multi-trillions.
I agree that we can’t continue to spend money we don’t have however they were aware of the deadline and did nothing. But let some ball player take steriods or let the BCS keep Utah out of the Nat’l title game and that’s a real Gubment issue to deal with. Idiots.
smacmo—try explaining fiscal responsibility to the current administration. Good luck with that. What’s bothersome is that they just don’t get it. I don’t understand why I get it and they don’t. Am I missing something here? If so, somebody please explain it to me. Laymen’s terms please.
How long do you think before Obama blames Bush for this mess?