Friday, July 27, 2012

Deeds Not Words!!!!!!!

The video below shows Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania ranting against big government on the House floor. The video is going viral. Kelly's words hit the nerve of Tea Partiers' frustration.





The problem is Rep. Kelly's votes in the House are not in sync with his rant. Tad DeHaven at the Cato Institute documents the Congressman's votes FOR big government:
  • He voted against an amendment that would have terminated the Economic Development Administration.
  • He voted against an amendment that would have defunded the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program, a new corporate welfare program requested by the Obama administration.
  • He voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.
  • He voted against an amendment that would have terminated the Essential Air Service subsidy program.
  • He voted against an amendment that would have shut down the Department of Energy’s Title 17 loan guarantee program—the program that gave birth to Solyndra.
  • He voted against an amendment that would have terminated the Community Development Block Grant program.
This is very, very frustrating. The guys we send to Washington have to understand that the only way to end big government programs is to actually vote against them!!!

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