Contract With America Renewed? Thanks, Jeb!

Humm…evidently because it worked out so well the first time…And, it appears that Texas’ own Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas) has taken the lead in promoting this terrible thing. Via Tim Chapman at TownHall.com:

On Wednesday, members of the conservative Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives took it upon themselves to single-handedly resurrect the philosophical heart and soul of the Republican Party.

Led by Representatives Mike Pence (R-IN) and Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), the unabashed band of conservatives proposed a return to fiscal sanity by introducing an austere federal budget proposal modeled after the budget proposal contained in the 1995 Contract with America. The RSC calls their proposal the Contract with America: Renewed.

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“We believe it is time to protect the family budget from the federal budget,” Hensarling told reporters yesterday. The Texan acknowledged that many will accuse this budget of being too tough and heartless. But, countered Hensarling, “We believe the tough and heartless budget is the status quo budget” that neglects the mounds of debt we are daily piling on future generations.

What the hell does that mean? I thought the RSC’s budget was the “tough and heartless” one? Aren’t all Republican budgets “tough and heartless” anyway?

Of course, that comes from the same lame-brain Republican Congressman who touted his support of the so-called “cheese burger bill” like he was the personal Lord and Savior of tort reform, so, I guess, we should take it with a grain of salt…or a slice of cheese, anyone?

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