Wow talk about backbone. Chaffetz is slamming McConnell’s plan on the debt ceiling as a stupid idea and he uses those very words: (via Townhall):

Everybody understands stupid. That’s what I think of that idea! You don’t turn over this authority unilaterally to the President! It’s a duck and cover so the members don’t have to take a tough vote. C’mon! We didn’t get elected here to go punt the ball down the road again and make voting easier and put all the blame on the President. That’s not what we should be doing!

Part of the reason we’re in this mess is that Congress has failed to do its job and hold down the spending through the years. That’s partly why we’re here right now. … We’re elected to represent the people… We’ve got to make these tough decisions and not just punt them. So I think this is a ridiculously stupid idea.

Awesome! Way to stand for the people Chaffetz!




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Persephone
Persephone

Chaffetz is great...what I've seen of him, I like.

He's been on Cavuto several times.

I think he's still sleeping on a cot in his office, rather than take up residence in DC.

Constance
Constance

Pretty cool. I love it when people say what they mean and tell the truth. It is a stupid idea. I appreciate the honesty.

mike morrison
mike morrison

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, congressman.

Steven Valdez
Steven Valdez

LOL Thank you, Chaffetz!! that is what I'm saying too, it is a stupid idea!

If they give all this power to the president why the hell do we even need a congress?

Duane Eugene Pounder
Duane Eugene Pounder

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by

legislating the wealth out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for,

another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that

the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not

have to work because the other half is going to take care of them,

and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work,

because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the

begining of the end of any nation.

Can you think of a reason for not sharing this?

Neither could I......

therightscoop
therightscoop

While I agree with this, posting it in one thread is enough.