House Republicans Waste $40,000 on Pins

[Rebound]

The “fiscally conservative” Republicans decided they didn’t like the green enameled background of their official Congressional pins. These identity pins are issued at the beginning of every two-year session of Congress. But since they wanted pins with blue backgrounds, the fiscally conservative Republicans spent $40,000 taxpayer dollars on a fresh new set of lapel pins.  

Do as I say, not as I do. They’ll shut down the government over excessive spending, except when it’s for their own vanity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/politics/house-member-pins.html

https://twitter.com/SeanCasten/status/1745092119306416437

[Michael Hardner]

That is literally peanuts.  Wait... no it's not... Peanuts cost the US govt $1B-$2B give or take.

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0TC0BV/

 

I am opposed to this kind of nit-picking in politics.  

Edited January 15, 2024 by Michael Hardner

[Deluge]

1 hour ago, Rebound said:

The “fiscally conservative” Republicans decided they didn’t like the green enameled background of their official Congressional pins. These identity pins are issued at the beginning of every two-year session of Congress. But since they wanted pins with blue backgrounds, the fiscally conservative Republicans spent $40,000 taxpayer dollars on a fresh new set of lapel pins.  

Do as I say, not as I do. They’ll shut down the government over excessive spending, except when it’s for their own vanity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/politics/house-member-pins.html

https://twitter.com/SeanCasten/status/1745092119306416437

A vote for Vivek Ramaswamy is a vote to put an end to bullshit like that. Check out his site:

https://www.vivek2024.com/

 

[Rebound]

1 minute ago, Deluge said:

A vote for Vivek Ramaswamy is a vote to put an end to bullshit like that. Check out his site:

https://www.vivek2024.com/

 

The President has no control over Congress’ discretionary spending. He’s either lying or ignorant if he thinks the President has that level of control.  
 

(PS — The more they promise to cut spending, the more they increase spending. Odd, but true. Reagan, Bush and Trump all talked about balanced budget and spending cuts, and those three increased spending and deficit spending by the greatest rates.)

Edited January 15, 2024 by Rebound

[Deluge]

2 minutes ago, Rebound said:

The President has no control over Congress’ discretionary spending. He’s either lying or ignorant if he thinks the President has that level of control.  
 

(PS — The more they promise to cut spending, the more they increase spending. Odd, but true. Reagan, Bush and Trump all talked about balanced budget and spending cuts, and those three increased spending and deficit spending by the greatest rates.)

I'm not saying that Vivek has direct control. What I am saying is that he can set a new precedent for political leadership. They ALL don't have to be a$$holes in their own bubbles. 

[CdnFox]

This just isn't an issue.  If either side was that worried about it, they'd go with NO pins and save that every two years.

Politicians are going to spend small amounts on this kind of crap, it just doesn't really matter.

[Legato]

The straw clutching from the Dems is becoming much more difficult, especially now they're just made out of cardboard.

[Rebound]

On 1/15/2024 at 1:13 PM, Legato said:

The straw clutching from the Dems is becoming much more difficult, especially now they're just made out of cardboard.

Your defense of every stupid thing Republicans do is pathetic. 

I'm a strong defender of Israel, but when someone says, "What about those West Bank settlements?"... My response is that those settlements are wrong. 

The difference between you and me is that I can tell right from wrong. You just blindly drivel out a defense of every stupid thing every stupid Republican does. Heck, you wouldn't even criticize George Santos for a year, would you? How hard is it to figure out that the guy was a fraud? 

You are a cult member. You have given up your thinking, your judgement and your morals. You have no sense of right and wrong, only devotion to a cult. 

Edited January 17, 2024 by Rebound

[Rebound]

On 1/15/2024 at 1:07 PM, CdnFox said:

This just isn't an issue.  If either side was that worried about it, they'd go with NO pins and save that every two years.

Politicians are going to spend small amounts on this kind of crap, it just doesn't really matter.

So you just can't bring yourself to say, "Yeah, that was wrong." 

Close your eyes, pretend Nancy Pelosi just wasted $40,000, and type.

On 1/15/2024 at 11:46 AM, Deluge said:

I'm not saying that Vivek has direct control. What I am saying is that he can set a new precedent for political leadership. They ALL don't have to be a$$holes in their own bubbles. 

So you just can't bring yourself to say, "Yeah, that was wrong." 

Close your eyes, pretend Nancy Pelosi just wasted $40,000, and type.

[Legato]

6 minutes ago, Rebound said:

Your defense of every stupid thing Republicans do is pathetic. 

I'm a strong defender of Israel, but when someone says, "What about those West Bank settlements?"... My response is that those settlements are wrong. 

The difference between you and me is that I can tell right from wrong. You just blindly drivel out a defense of every stupid thing every stupid Republican does. Heck, you wouldn't even criticize George Santos for a year, would you? How hard is it to figure out that the guy was a fraud? 

You are a cult member. You have given up your thinking, your judgement and your morals. You have no sense of right and wrong, only devotion to a cult. 

Accusing everyone else of what you're eminently guilty of is classic Liberalism.

[Deluge]

13 minutes ago, Rebound said:

So you just can't bring yourself to say, "Yeah, that was wrong." 

Close your eyes, pretend Nancy Pelosi just wasted $40,000, and type.

It was wrong. That's fraud, waste, and abuse, and I'm opposed to that. Thank you for bringing it up - it's just one more reminder of how abusive this government has gotten, which is one more argument FOR Vivek Ramaswamy and other leaders like him. 

[Rebound]

1 hour ago, Deluge said:

It was wrong. That's fraud, waste, and abuse, and I'm opposed to that. Thank you for bringing it up - it's just one more reminder of how abusive this government has gotten, which is one more argument FOR Vivek Ramaswamy and other leaders like him. 

There you go!

See, @Legato? That’s how it’s done. This cult-like “my side never ever does anything wrong” is ridiculous. 

[Legato]

1 hour ago, Rebound said:

There you go!

See, @Legato? That’s how it’s done. This cult-like “my side never ever does anything wrong” is ridiculous. 

Of course it is. But there are many examples from the other side of the isle. Your focus is lopsided, that is my point.

[Rebound]

On 1/17/2024 at 2:02 PM, Legato said:

Of course it is. But there are many examples from the other side of the isle. Your focus is lopsided, that is my point.

There you go again. 

You can plainly see that Repugs waste money.  Now, go look at the US Treasury website, and you’ll see that deficit spending always increases the most when Republicans are in the White House. The only exception was the first George Bush, and he still didn’t pass a single balanced budget.

Edited January 18, 2024 by Rebound

[CdnFox]

38 minutes ago, Rebound said:

There you go again. 

You can plainly see that Repugs waste money.  Now, go look at the US Treasury website, and you’ll see that deficit spending always increases the most when Republicans are in the White House. The only exception was the first George Bush, and he still didn’t pass a single balanced budget.

Ummm - no, that's not true.

Here' you go:

 

As you can clearly see, the biggest deficits BY FAR have been under the democrats. Obama ran massive massive deficits, trumps years were much lower than his even with the first covid year in there - then biden is nothing short of astronomical even after covid was over.

Sorry - but the dems are definitely the big spenders in the room deficit wise by a landslide

[Legato]

1 hour ago, Rebound said:

There you go again. 

You can plainly see that Repugs waste money.  Now, go look at the US Treasury website, and you’ll see that deficit spending always increases the most when Republicans are in the White House. The only exception was the first George Bush, and he still didn’t pass a single balanced budget.

I can plainly see both side waste money. You on the other hand have eyes wide shut when it's your side.