As Instapundit links to here, the entire US Senate cowed before our blogswarm post about Cinco de Porkbustero. Who knows, maybe the GOP has learned a lesson from their electoral spanking.
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My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald Regan Farewell Address to the Nation --
Well, well: Porkbusters go international. Let's hope McConnell, Lott, Blunt and Boehner are reading this,
[w]e will account for every peso the citizens have given to the government. Transparency and accountability is the responsibility of every democratic government -- Felipe Calderon, Mexican President.However, it would be economically better for Mexican citizens were Calderon's gov'mint to cut marginal tax rates, cut the budget's rate of growth and cut overall spending. The salary reduction is the political equivalent of the Mexican government's putting the bow on a lump of Christmas coal. It does not change the gift, but only adds something that is sometimes unnecessary. Corrupt gov't is still corrupt gov't and graft is still graft. This is a start, but...
