Memo to the Republicans

Dear Repubs,

While I'm enjoying your renewed interest in standing up for principles and your opposition to the Stimulus (pork) bill, you'll forgive me if I tell you that you don't exactly have a lot of credibility on this issue.

Recall, many of you voted for the $700 billion TARP bill just a few months ago. A bill which sent hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to morons on Wall Street who failed to manage their companies wisely. Instead of letting those companies' shareholders and executive boards figure out how to deal with those morons, you turned me and every other taxpayer into unwitting shareholders of those companies.

Additionally, in case you forgot, many of you already voted for the largest infrastructure bill in history in 2005. $286 billion for highways, bridges, etc. Have any of you reported back to the people how that money's been spent, or what's been accomplished with it?

Many of you have been just as guilty as the Democrats in lustfully tossing taxpayer money into the giant sucking abyss that is the U.S. Treasury.

So, while I'm certainly glad to see your renewed sense of principle — fighting against wasteful spending and government expansion, I'm wondering why those principles weren't on display in the above two examples.

Sincerely,
Capitalist Fanboy