It's Official - Democrats Are Majority

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Rep. Paul Ryan and other Republican lawmakers unveiled their version of the late Sen. William Proxmire's Golden Fleece Award, which targets examples of government waste. The Janesville Gazette placed high priority on this announcement for the front page of Wednesday's edition.

JG Excerpt:
Ryan thinks wasteful spending can be prevented - or at least reduced - through the "power of embarrassment."

One thing about Republicans is they are all into this pomp and circumstance involving awards, and what better time to start up an award to embarrass the recipients now that Democrats have the majority. Where was Ryan and his “embarrassment“ Boondoggle Award when his fellow GOPers held the majority and delivered a steady stream of record pork bills to a fiscally blind president who never vetoed one bill during that time?

JG Excerpt:
Another example cited by the group was money allocated to bike paths and other "cosmetic projects" while more than 73,000 bridges in the United States are considered "structurally deficient."

Will Ryan propose a tax increase to repair the 73,000 bridges? or would he rather cut 3 billion dollars worth of pork every year till he raises a million for each bridge? It’ll take about 25 years and double that considering he'd also cut taxes on top of it. Now if America’s only problem was crumbling bridges. Well, that's different.

Perhaps taxpayers should immerse themselves in this same negativism and draw up an award to embarrass members of Congress when they fail to bring a fair share of federal money back home for the needs of their constituency. When they continually talk up a tax cut during deficits, wartime and collapsing bridges. There's a pattern of irresponsible borrowing fed by tax cutting, along with a culture of privatization for profits and cronyism that needs to be addressed. I'd call it the “George W. Ryan” Award.