Credit Card Republicans

That's what my friend Brett DiResta calls them. Cut taxes and spend, that's all they do. To hell with the budget, to hell with the deficit, to hell with how much it costs, if it feels good, do it. Or maybe Nike Republicans: Just spend it.

To wit: This crazy scheme to give every American taxpayer $100 to help with the gas crisis. Uh, that's nice. It's one tank of gas. What do we do next week?

Not to mention, EVERY American taxpayer? Why do I need $100 to help with gas when I don't have a car? Or my nephew who's 14 and works summer jobs - he's a taxpayer. Sure, he's 2 years away from driving, but they're gonna give him a $100 for gas too? And every college kid, who also doesn't have a car, gets $100? And how about grandma in the nursing home, she pays taxes on her social security benefits. Or even Terri Schiavo, she must have been getting social security disability payments - if Terri Schiavo were alive today (and I use the word "alive" loosely), would she be eligible for the $100 to help her pay for her heavy gasoline burden?

And why does George Bush, Dick Cheney, every member of Congress, and not to mention, any American making over $200,000 a year need a $100 to pay for gas? And I'm assuming the Republicans aren't seriously proposing that we give every ExxonMobil executive $100 from the federal treasury to compensate them for screwing the American people at the gas pump? At least this legislation will exclude all oil and gas industry employees, and anyone who owns or works at a gas station, right?

Then there are convicts, do they get $100 from the Republicans? Murderers, rapists, people who kill small children - do they get a $100 gift from the Republicans, even though they're evil people who are in prison and can't drive anyway?

Hell, for that matter, why not make the $100 available to fetuses too. I mean, let's face it, being a fetus in the 21st century just isn't as easy as it used to be. I know a lot of fetus who are always complaining about the high cost of gasoline (and cigs). Why not make their lives easier and give them the $100 gas voucher too? Or are the Republicans anti-fetus?

And then there are the tens of millions of undocumented Latino immigrants. Do they too get the $100 rebate, or is it just for "real" Americans?