Budgetary ‘Arrogance’ In The Senate
September 13, 2007, 9:13pm
Did “evil tax cuts” cause the tragic bridge collapse in Minnesota this summer? Or is Congress to blame because lawmakers are more interested in spending federal money on pet projects in their districts and states rather than on the most pressing infrastructure work? Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., thinks Congress is to blame, and he tried unsuccessfully to force a change during debate on the transportation spending bill this year.
“The real problem is a lack of common sense in Washington,” Coburn said in his appearance during the second half-hour of today’s episode of Heading Right Radio. He added that “vast majority” of the Senate, which voted against his proposal, “thinks we ought to spend it on their political careers instead of on repairing roads and bridges, and it just shows how out of touch the Senate is. … To me, it’s astounding. What we’ve decided is in the arrogance of the Senate is that we know better.”
Categories: Oklahoma, Tom Coburn, Budget
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