ObamaFest

Senator Richard Shelby (second from left) happily buries future generations
of Americans in massive debt.


Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama continues to use his ill-fitting dentures to bite away at the American Dream.

Last year Shelby opposed the Federal government bridge loan for US-owned auto companies, saying:

"We don't need government - governmental subsidies for manufacturing in this country. It's the French model, it's the wrong road. We will pay for it. The average American taxpayer is going to pay dearly for this, if I'm not wrong." However, foreign-owned auto manufacturers Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Toyota, and Hyundai received approximately $788 million in government subsidies in the cities of Vance, Lincoln, Huntsville, and Montgomery in Shelby's home state of Alabama, according to analysis by Good Jobs First. Good Jobs First executive Director Greg LeRoy pointed out that "while proposed federal aid to the Big 3 would take the form of a loan, the vast majority of subsidies to foreign auto plants were taxpayer gifts such as property and sales tax exemptions, income tax credits, infrastructure aid, land discounts, and training grants."

This year Shelby abandoned common decency and supported the $410 billion spending bill once he was able to weasel 64 earmarks worth $114 million into the legislation.  Included is $819k for a catfish genome study at Auburn University. 

"Earmarks? I don't even
have ears!"

Shelby might spin his perfidious vote by pointing out it's small potatoes in today's spending environment.  But The ObamaFest Team reminds America that no snowflake ever feels responsible for the avalanche.