Cheney of Fools

Let’s run a little scorecard for the Republicans today with their Senate budget cuts. They managed to:

a Take away money from the sick elderly (sorry Medicare)

a Take away money from the sick non-elderly (sorry Medicaid)

a Take away money from those wanting to go to college (sorry students needing loans)

a Take away money from those wanting to retire with a pension (because employers love spending more money on pensions—right NYC transit workers?)

That seems to be their agenda, since they are so much for helping the elderly, the poor, students and workers. It’s good to see that the perfect image of their boogieman ugliness, Dick Cheney, had to come and make the tie-breaking vote. Don’t forget the Cheneys’ 2003 tax return claimed income of nearly $1.3 million. The couple owed $253,067 in federal taxes. So they paid in taxes more than 5 times the median income for the rest of Americans.

Thanks, Dick.