I Can't Find My Money

Great visual aid for the mathematically challenged:


Look closely. Hell, give it a cursory glance.





It's quite plain that you can't trust Republicans with your money. It's like giving your rent money to your drunk crack addict brother.

Note that the most popular Republican president in recent memory, Reagan, couldn't manage a budget to save the big ugly nose on his face. GHWBush wasn't any better. Look at the delta from Clinton's first year to Bush's first year: Half a Trillion Dollars. It's truly staggering. This is more than simple ineptitude; this is fiduciary abrogation on a monumental scale.

And the story is similar in Wisconsin. Tommy Thompson pissed away the budget, then hit the road for Washington before the shit came down. The Lt Gov managed to stretch it out long enough to drop it into a Democrat's hands, where, to their disbelief, he managed to balance the mess he was left with through tough but essentially fair decisions.

so next time a Republican calls the Democrats the party of fiscal irresponsibility, remember this graphic. And then stop on their instep. If you're wearing spike heels (I'm looking at you, Zelmo!) so much the better.

To paraphrase a particularly purple, apoplectic sentence from Mr. Lileks, the Fivehead: I will never again trust these people with any public trust. Never.