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Congressional Republicans rightly opposed the stimulus leviathan last year on the grounds that it wouldn't spur job growth -- or at least, not as much as cutting taxes and liberating the economy's true job creators - small businesses. In rare but classic political form, Republicans managed to draw a line in the sand, clearly pitting their arguments for an American economic renaissance versus a Democratic plan that was headed for certain doom. Fair enough.
Yet over the past year, it seems as though Republicans are on the verge of falling off the spending wagon and reverting to the bad habits...
A Temptation too Great? Republicans and the Stimulus
I live on my 'retirement pension'.
$1,541.31 per month. Not one penny of it
is taxpayer money. Every cent is MY MONEY!
On the last week of January, I got notice
that I would be getting a COLA of $41.87
beginning February 1.
Last day of Jan. I got a notice from my
medical insurance carrier that beginning
Feb. 1, my premiums would go up $40.52 per
month.
This is what you can look forward to for
30 years of service in employment with the
Federal Government.