Hullabaloo

In all the hullabaloo over the #Cromnibus one important fact seems to be missing in the main stream media. Who put those provisions into the bill at the last minute? Who wanted even deeper cuts to important programs like EPA and WIC? Let us lay the blame for the bad parts exactly where they belong. Don't let the media headlines confuse you. They want you to believe "Democrats Caved" or something like that. Instead, the headlines should read, "GOP love the Banks more than they care about YOU!"

I listened to Senator Barbara Mikulski (D) Maryland speak on the Senate floor about her committee's efforts to get rid of odious riders and budget cuts that GOP were putting into the bill's provisions. This team worked weekends, including the weekend after Thanksgiving, to try to rid the bill of as many GOP nasties as they could.

We on the left will never be satisfied completely with any piece of legislation. We have too many factions just like the folks on the right. What's the old saying about pleasing everyone? "Trying to please everyone is a formula for failure."

In a budget as big as $1.1 Trillion, there are always going to be monies appropriated for things some folks don't think are necessary and monies cut for things other folks think are absolutely essential. But, here's the deal:  Sometimes, you have to take the best deal you can get at the time, with the resources you have; and live to fight another day.

If people on the LEFT wanted a truly LIBERAL budget, then perhaps they should have worked harder in 2010 and 2014 to elect DEMOCRATS.

We can do that in 2016 if we keep our eyes on the prize.