pork barrel spending

Is it any wonder more good people don’t run for public office?

Just look at the way Senator Bunning of Kentucky is treated for daring to raise objections over the reckless spending in Washington.  Ron Kind likes to brag about his support of the "PayGo" law that forces Congress to pay for things by finding cuts in other programs or increasing taxes.  The bottom line, according to Ron Kind, is that the Congress must pay for things without adding to the nation’s deficit.

On its face it makes perfect sense but what Ron Kind failed to mention to the local media and to the voters of Western Wisconsin is that he and his colleagues also built in a humongous loophole that allows them to essentially pass any spending plan they want and add it to our morbidly obese deficit.