A Promise Not Kept (Again)

A Promise Not Kept (Again)

So once again the Republicans in Congress say one thing and do another. Not surprisingly they had fewer “no” votes then the Democrats on this latest debt ceiling bill. They voted “yes” in overwhelming numbers. This despite their “Promise to America” to:

“Post all legislative text for three days prior to voting” so members know exactly what they are voting on (who even knows what is really in this bill that no one has ever read – well no one except for Obama and Biden)

Not too mention their promise to “cut spending.” They already showed their true colors when they voted for the Ryan budget that would ad $5 Trillion in red ink in ten years – but as the Washington Post pointed out yesterday, this latest deal will “cut less than 6 percent from federal spending that is already slated to increase (by 63%) from $3.6 trillion to $5.7 trillion by 2021” and “allow $7 trillion to be added to the deficit over the next decade”

Or, how about their promise to fight to “ensure transparency?” Well, this deal and the ones before were done in closed door meetings between just a few representatives. How about opening up these meetings to the press next time so the American people can see you all sitting around a table talking about golf and eating donuts instead of doing your jobs?

Let us not forget they promised to “repeal and replace the job destroying health care law” and to “reduce spending” thru entitlement reform. Well where is any of that in this bill they overwhelmingly supported?  All I hear are the crickets chirping as they return home for a 5 week recess.

So in short, once again the Republican’s in Congress come up short, break just about every single promise they offered to the American people to get them elected in 2010 and how are folks going to respond in 2012?

They should respond by joining the Libertarian party (LP.org) and electing real Libertarians to office!