tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post3944426418747238438..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: What is Waste? Answered.Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-46678838151376681222013-03-21T06:49:14.406-05:002013-03-21T06:49:14.406-05:00Maxine Waters? Pfffffttt! Chickenfeed. She's o...Maxine Waters? Pfffffttt! Chickenfeed. She's one of the poorest Senators in the Chamber, and many of the policies she pushes are actually good for people. I don't begrudge her directing a small amount of TARP money to a bank (which has paid it back) that her husband has an interest in. Darryl Issa, now, or Joe Lieberman...Procopiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554355440319405363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-86958597759897855222013-03-20T20:23:07.470-05:002013-03-20T20:23:07.470-05:00And don't forget Maxine Waters and the scandal...And don't forget Maxine Waters and the scandalous CBC!<br /><br />http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2012/12/scandal-plagued-maxine-waters-top-dem-on-banking-committee/<br /><br />She's not even subtle enough to wait for her payoffs, or she expects to stay in Congress until her bones are dust.backyardfoundrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-46155949404482179382013-03-20T20:10:25.424-05:002013-03-20T20:10:25.424-05:00Clinton has made much of his giant fortune from sp...Clinton has made much of his giant fortune from speeches to former special interests (and who knows what they are buying from Hillary by shunting money through Bill) which you can easily verify for yourself. If Clinton is consistently beating the stock market, it's via insider trading. This was something that libs understood about Bush 41, et al but seem shocked about in regards to Clinton.<br /><br />Health insurance companies will hand Obama million dollar checks for short speeches and meet-and-greets after this term; goo-goo fantasists will be strangely quiet on the matter.backyardfoundrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-23164936844749930272013-03-20T15:19:39.614-05:002013-03-20T15:19:39.614-05:00Clinton has made his money from speeches and stock...Clinton has made his money from speeches and stock investments. Much better than leaving congress and working as lobbyists using your influence for your own gain and against the conuntry's best interests!!!Steven E. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607711948681683314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-20924368726775014492013-03-20T12:53:14.978-05:002013-03-20T12:53:14.978-05:00These are not the only two options; another is tha...These are not the only two options; another is that politicians are mostly rewarded by interest groups AFTER they leave office (although the CBC is famous for openly getting the goods while in office) so all they have to do is produce the desired outcomes and wait for their overwhelming payoffs in the form of fake jobs for insane money. <br /><br />This stuff would enrage goo-goo fantasists if they didn't suppress higher brain function when they looked at articles like these.backyardfoundrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-48776586055365425672013-03-20T08:37:00.196-05:002013-03-20T08:37:00.196-05:00Your position makes sense if you believe that Clin...Your position makes sense if you believe that Clinton made his money (whatever the amount is) by stealing it from the government. If he made it by spinning his personal fame and popularity into speaking fees and book sales, then doesn't that fit in with the conservative view of how the world should work?Scott Monjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-41199071182606414772013-03-20T06:31:43.303-05:002013-03-20T06:31:43.303-05:00there appears to be a receptive audience ready to ...<i>there appears to be a receptive audience ready to believe that politicians are exploiting their positions for personal gain.</i><br /><br />Bill Clinton came into office as a pauper and has over $80,000,000 now. The "receptive audience" is the cohort of non goo-goo fantasists. I know that you liberals really like your big government, but you shouldn't be totally shielded from reality.<br /><br />http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/05/its-not-about-reelection-bill-clintons-80-million-payday.htmlbackyardfoundrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-81180791053984212692013-03-19T21:39:19.231-05:002013-03-19T21:39:19.231-05:00And why don't more people come out for the cou...And why don't more people come out for the courageous stand in favor of more inefficiency, fraud, and corruption?Scott Monjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-23903305027240802462013-03-19T21:08:41.552-05:002013-03-19T21:08:41.552-05:00I glanced at that op-ed by Broun, and I was thinki...I glanced at that op-ed by Broun, and I was thinking afterward that I didn't remember seeing the word deficit. "Spending," that's the problem. But then, if you eliminate all spending, I suppose you eliminate the deficit.Scott Monjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-47284616157322559362013-03-19T16:32:59.279-05:002013-03-19T16:32:59.279-05:00Well, since 69% thought the deficit could be elimi...Well, since 69% thought the deficit could be eliminated by cutting "waste and fraud," it appears that, operationally, respondents relate to "deficit" as "spending on stuff I disapprove of." Operationally.<br /><br />The other interesting takeaway from the survey is that, at least going by the results in there, it would be impossible to develop anything remotely resembling a consensus on budgetarily significant cuts. Just arithmetically impossible.JamesInCAnoreply@blogger.com