Republicans are once again proving why they actually deserve the label of the biggest swamp spenders.
The latest gigantic omnibus spending bill would fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year - with a price tag of $1.3 trillion.
These are the same guys who agreed back in February to add $300 billion of spending over two years to the already monstrous federal tab.
Showing yet again that bipartisanship isn't good news for those of us who care about the fiscal path our country is on, the agreement blew the budget caps that were meant to control excess spending by opportunistic politicians.
Democrats have once again managed to get most of their non-defense priorities funded by the Republican-controlled Congress and White House in exchange for allowing more defense spending.
The result is a $143 billion boost to this year's spending above budget caps.
The scale of the Afghanistan War is relatively small - and even some defense hawks recognize that there's enough waste and unnecessary spending already in the military budget that could be cut to pay for whatever modernization is necessary.
https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2018/03/22/swamp-spending-101-the-omnibus-spending-bill-n2463314
The latest gigantic omnibus spending bill would fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year - with a price tag of $1.3 trillion.
These are the same guys who agreed back in February to add $300 billion of spending over two years to the already monstrous federal tab.
Showing yet again that bipartisanship isn't good news for those of us who care about the fiscal path our country is on, the agreement blew the budget caps that were meant to control excess spending by opportunistic politicians.
Democrats have once again managed to get most of their non-defense priorities funded by the Republican-controlled Congress and White House in exchange for allowing more defense spending.
The result is a $143 billion boost to this year's spending above budget caps.
The scale of the Afghanistan War is relatively small - and even some defense hawks recognize that there's enough waste and unnecessary spending already in the military budget that could be cut to pay for whatever modernization is necessary.
https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2018/03/22/swamp-spending-101-the-omnibus-spending-bill-n2463314
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