Jon Stewart called out Republicans' schizoid thinking on priorities Thursday, skewering their relentless eagerness to fund military adventures anywhere in the world while refusing to "waste" any funds on the American people. When it comes to pouring money into a war, Stewart says, you never hear Republicans worrying about creating dependency: Basically, when we give other countries government assistance, they handle it great. But when we get it ourselves, we fuck it all up.” But it's OK, because military spending keeps us safe. Except maybe from crumbling infrastructure, unequal schools, inadequate healthcare, global warming, and of course a whole lot of shootings every day. But those aren't terrorism, now are they?
I'm sure if a few pallets containing $8 billion in cash vanished from a job program, Darryl Issa would be totally cool with that.
Good thing there's no fraud/waste/abuse at the DoD.