I don't like this guy, Laurence Vance; but he's correct. I hope Vancew is wrong here....
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:00 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > August 22, 2017 > > *How Bad Are the Republicans in Congress? *Laurence M. Vance > > I have said over the years that Republicans in Congress are at their worst > when they have control of both Houses of Congress, and especially when they > hold the presidency as well. > > Like now. > > The last time the Republicans had absolute control of the government was > during the presidency of George W. Bush when they had a majority in the > House and Senate for over four years. > > And what did they do when they were in charge? They almost doubled the > federal budget and the national debt, created the monstrous Department of > Homeland Security, greatly expanded the Department of Education, passed the > Patriot Act, let the government begin spying on Americans, started two > senseless wars, and instituted the Republican version of Obamacare (the > Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act). Democrats > could not have done any worse. > > But things are different now. > > Really? > > Time to grade the Republican members of Congress. > > The latest edition of the Freedom Index was just published in *The New > American* <https://www.thenewamerican.com/>. The Freedom Index is “a > congressional scoreboard based on the U.S. Constitution” that “rates > congressmen based on their adherence to constitutional principles of > limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a > traditional foreign policy of avoiding foreign entanglements.” This edition > of the Freedom Index is the first for the 115th Congress. > > This edition of the Freedom Index tracks congressional votes in the House > on major regulations, federal funding for abortion, the Stream Protection > Rule, predator control, federal family planning, veteran gun purchases, > Homeland Security defense of agriculture, omnibus appropriations, ObamaCare > replacement, and the National Computer Forensics Institute authorization. > It tracks votes in the Senate on balancing the budget; Social Security, > Medicare, and Medicaid; the Stream Protection Rule; firearms purchases; > predator control; Montenegro NATO membership; federal family planning; > omnibus appropriations; blocking U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia; and > Iranian and Russian sanctions. > > Only two representatives, Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Walter Jones (R-NC), > and one senator, Rand Paul (R-KY), earned a score of 100 percent. > > There are 241 Republicans in the House. Aside from Representatives Massie > and Jones, only Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) received an A. He scored > a 90 percent. Only 4 Republicans earned a B, 98 received a C, 111 got a D, > and 20 scored an F. (5 Republicans were not scored because 4 filled > vacancies and cast few votes and the House Speaker generally doesn’t vote.) > > There are 52 Republicans in the Senate. Aside from Senator Paul, only > Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) received an A. He scored 90 percent. Nine > Republicans earned a C, 11 received a D, and 30 scored an F. > > With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats? > > But aren’t the scores of the Democrats in Congress worse than the scores > of the Republicans? > > This is the perpetual defense of the Republican Party: it is not as bad as > the Democratic Party. It is, in fact, the only defense. > > But when it comes to the important issues of liberty, property, and peace, > it is clear that there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the two > major parties. > > And Republicans are worse than Democrats because they use libertarian > rhetoric to deceive conservatives and libertarians into thinking that they > actually believe their mantra of the Constitution, limited government, > federalism, fiscal conservatism, personal freedom, private property, and > the free market. > > Just take one issue: the war on drugs. Republicans support it lock, stock, > and barrel even though it is not authorized by the Constitution, it > increases the size and power of government, it violates the principle of > federalism, it wastes billions of dollars a year, it negates personal > freedom, it infringes upon property rights, and it is contrary to the free > market. > > How bad are the Republicans in Congress? The few that are good are very, > very good. The many that are bad are horrid. > > https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/08/laurence-m-vance/just- > bad-republicans-congress/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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