Republicans want 'In God We Trust' emblazoned on 9,000 federal buildings, cost could top $100m

This is typical of the nonsense Republicans waste time doing when they're in power, and the nonsense the Democrats are too afraid to put a stop to. It's the same way that they unnamed our national airport from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. You'd think a Democrat could find a way to defend, and win, again an attack on George Washington. You'd think wrong. Our airport is now named after Reagan, though no one calls it that. So now we're going to spend possibly $100m or more chiseling 'In God We Trust" all over every federal, because that's the reason divorce is at 50%, our violent crime rate is far too high for a developed country, our infant health figures are far too low, and we pay twice as much as any developed country (with far less return on our money) for health care - all because no one had thought of chiseling "In God We Trust" on a 9,000 buildings.

It's bread and circus for a populace that's increasingly uninterested in noticing that our country's real problems have no thing to do with gays, God, the flag, or taxes. Our real problem is that the rest of the world, Europe especially, has a long-term dream for the future (integration) while far too many Americans dream of getting home in time to watch "Jersey Shore." Until the Republicans stop pandering to problems that don't need fixing, and stop denying the real problems our country faces, we will continue our descent from #1 status in a growing number of categories.