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Spendthrift idioms define Congress
“Republicans like to talk about fiscal discipline, but when they have control of Congress they spend like drunken sailors!”
“Ah, yes, you speak of the recent $150 billion spending bill that does some good things for veterans, but is loaded with goodies and pork – as though the Congressional Budget Office hasn’t warned that our annual deficits will exceed $1 trillion in 2020 and will increase our debt by $12.4 trillion by 2028!”
“That’s a lot of cabb...