We all know that Democrats in this day and age have no shame. So the word “modest” has never been applied to them.
But it’s definition as traditionally applied to money is now taking a decidedly Democratic turn. Which means: not for the better.
Buried in the Senate’s version of the “health reform” legislation are what are being described as “modest” sums equaling BILLIONS of dollars to be used to improve local infrastructures, such as parks, bike paths, etc. Good things, to be sure, but things that are the responsibility of the individual states and the local communities who are supposed to use them for their “healthier lifestyles”. But it seems the non-profit Trust for America’s Health, with its links to progressive causes like the myth of global warming, needs to make sure their grants are funded so what better opportunity than to write the wording for the earmarks themselves?
No matter how they try to justify it, calling a billion dollars a “modest” amount of money is wrong. And when you don’t even have those billions of dollars in your pocket to spend, it’s stupid. This is all nothing more than the stereotypical pork and earmarks and special interests we’ve come to expect from the bottom-feeders in Washington.