William Rivers Pitt
Day after day,
Alone on a hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he's just a fool,
And he never gives an answer
- The Beatles
The Republicans unveiled their alternative budget proposal on April Fools' Day. No, seriously, they did. One has to assume there was an enterprising young GOP congressional staffer with his head in his hands somewhere on Capitol Hill on Wednesday because he just got fired for not quite understanding the awful humor of the timing.
Just in time for April Fools' Day, and in time for congressional debate on the Obama administration's non-pamphletized budget proposal, comes the "details" GOP members failed to supply last week. Virtually every element contained within is a bad rehash of all the failed Republican ideas from the last couple of decades. In short, it's like the return of a bad headache: smaller government, lower taxes, drill everything, and trust us.
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