Throw us a bone, Congress, and lay off the stock trough

This isn’t shaping up to be a great year for Congress — specifically, the House of Representatives, and, still more specifically, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). After the calamitously bruising battle to send more magic fedbux off to support wars deemed in America’s interest, which saw the speaker side with Democrats over outraged members of his own party, the nation’s legislature plumbed new depths of dissatisfaction among millions of Americans.

For many voting citizens, the outrage turned on the quaint idea that our tax dollars are being allocated for purposes the people reject. The good news is your tax dollars are safe from that treatment. The bad news? That’s because our government is now based on slamming the “0” button on the national computer

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