Misplaced Congressional Priorities: Pork for the Pentagon but Not for Children
During the Bush II Era, excessive deficit spending was no big deal for Republicans. Congressional Republicans like Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, John McCain, Jeff Flake, Lindsay Graham, and even current "budget hawk" Paul Ryan "spent money like drunken sailors"-- particularly when the spending benefited the 1% (remember the tax cuts we couldn't afford?) or …
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