March 23 - Monday Quote

By now everyone knows that the U.S. House and Senate have both released their budget proposals for the coming fiscal year.   It should come as no surprise that both budgets call for huge drops in spending on domestic programs and large increases in military spending.  

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), following the smashing success of his Senate 47 letter to Iran, decided he was ready to take on the federal budget too. Today's quote is from 3/16/15,  shortly before the Senate's budget vote.

It says a lot about how the Republican Party sees the 99%--especially all of us "dangerous" senior citizens who have lived long enough to qualify for Medicare.

monday quote:  

"We should triple the amount we spend on defense and quadruple what we spend on prisons.  Why do we pay for food stamps?  Welfare? Medicare? They don't keep us safe.  If anything, they nurture the most dangerous elements of society."

(Republican Senator Tom Cotton during his first ever floor speech, 1977-     )