Congressional Gridlock Is Working

Many on the left have recently complained that conservatives complain about the deficit but refuse to raise taxes.

That’s correct. Conservatives want to cut spending as an alternative to higher taxes!

They say Conservatives don’t want to cut military spending. I believe they would prefer to cut welfare.

The left cites the "liberal tradition of limited government," although the current administration has added thousands of government workers to the payroll.

Congress "conveniently forgot" the Contract With America when Republicans became the majority party in the House of Representatives in 1994.

The truth is that they actually fulfilled their contract, which promised to pass eight major reforms and bring 10 additional bills to the floor for debate within their first 100 days in office.

They claim that the GOP has acted to restrict voting, and in this they are correct.

The Republicans have tried repeatedly to "restrict voting" by trying to require valid identification of people who go to the polls —and have been rejected repeatedly in these attempts.

There are the claims that the Republicans want to raise taxes on the 99 percent, but the truth is that 46 percent of Americans pay no federal income tax at all!

As for calling the war on drugs "government waste," I prefer to consider actions such as funding bankrupt Solyndra to the tune of more than half a billion bucks as really dumb government waste.

Solyndra was making solar panels that cost $6 to manufacture, and selling them for $3 apiece in the marketplace, where solar panels generally went for $2 each.

How really dumb is that?

So I say, until Conservatives take control of the grotesquely lavish spending we’ve seen lately, let’s all hope there is more — not less — gridlock. Congressional gridlock is working to slow government spending. We need to cut spending not raise taxes to resolve the federal deficit.

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