“Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes,” the House majority leader, Tom DeLay, blithely told CongressDaily.
Uh … yeah. Right. And tin foil helmets. Lots of tin foil helmets. They ward off the Evil Saddam Mind Control Rays.
Yeesh.
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Just as important as taking that accordion along when hunting, or Frenchies into a battle.
Another stupid Congress trick is tying the administration’s hand with respect to rebuilding Iraq:
“None of the funds made available in the bill for reconstruction efforts in Iraq may be used to procure goods or services from any entity that includes information on a response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) that indicates that such entity is organized under the laws of France, Germany, the Russian Federation, or Syria,” the amendment [to the war appropriation] said.
Now I am just as mad at these countries as the next guy but we need to not get in the position of appearing to be profiteering. Now I don’t think the future government of Iraq will love these countries all that much, either. But let them make the decisions.
Yeah, that’s kind of stupid.