One of the funniest episodes that I can remember ever happening in national politics has to be last week's GOP submission of an alternative budget without a single number in it. This is what it has come down to. The minority opposition party in America wants everyone to believe that they are the true fiscal saviors for this country and their proof to the world is a 19-page dossier that contains not one single spending projection, not one single deficit/surplus projection, not one single numerical item.None of us should be surprised by this. This is exactly how the GOP ran the country for 8 solid years. We are not allowed to question their spending-- their Rule-- we are only allowed to agree to it. If not, we are evil islamofascistterroristliberals.
Shock is for the GOP. They are shocked when asked questions about why their budget alternative doesn't contain any specifics. They are shocked that they are not being trusted. Explain themselves? Never. When asked why their budget contained, well no budget, and what their goal was Minority Leader John Boehner answered, "to do better." And they still can't for the life of them figure out why their Permanent Majority thing didn't work out so well.
After all the ridicule, after all the punchlines, one would think the GOP would at least submit a real budget. Even the Maverick said that his Party would indeed submit a plan containing numbers. As it turns out, that's a little bit more than what the GOP is willing to commit to. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, from my wonderful neighboring state of Kentucky, says that the GOP will not issue another proposal. Of course not. Their current one is brilliant!
