Republicans demand US sends millions of dollars to Libya

[Galraedia]

"At a time when the US is struggling to feed and educate its own children, Republicans are now calling for millions of dollars of money to be pumped into Libya to support the country’s transition to democracy."

http://100gf.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/republicans-demand-us-sends-millions-of-dollars-to-libya/

I guess Republicans have found something they can't say NO to, unfortunately it's not us.

[tblue]

1. I demand they STFU.

That is all.

[dipsydoodle]

2. They obviously have no idea

how much Libya has got in its Sovereign Wealth Fund.

[Tennessee Gal]

3. Typical.

Hold this country hostage to a fake debt ceiling crisis, refuse to even consider Obama's jobs bill ideas, sign a stupid Norquist pledge to never raise taxes, but it is quite okay to open up the Treasury to send money to Libya.

We all know who they are trying to help. It is not the people of Libya. It is their mega-bucks contributors who own the corporations that stand in position to profit from business ventures rebuilding Libya.

Meanwhile, our infrastructure falls apart.

[BlueCaliDem]

4. RepubliDIM pols know damn well Libya has promised to pay the U.S. back our billion dollars

according to Rachel Maddow on Real Time with Bill Maher last night.

[malaise]

5. Said ReTHUGS voted against

jobs for teachers, firemen and police.

Fuck them

[pinboy3niner]

6. BREAKING: Republicans call for increased government spending

:evilgrin:

[Politicalboi]

7. Why not drill baby drill

They have a shit load of oil, they don't need our money. It's typical Repuke bullshit.

[spin]

8. Our form of democracy may work fairly well for us ...

but it can prove to be a very challenging form of government in nations that have no experience with it.

[demosincebirth]

9. They ought to put that in Headlines around the country

[Swede Atlanta]

10. But...but......

their presidential candidates all said we should terminate all foreign aid and save that money so we could give bigger tax cuts to the job creators. I think the party didn't get the memo from the candidates....was there another Blackberry outage?

[Galraedia]

11. Lets not call them job creators

because the only jobs they create are in China.

[Sheepshank]

12. While I would rub my hands with glee at the prospect the Reps had made such an announement...

how can this be verified? The short article seems short on supporting evidence.

[Galraedia]

13. Here:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/10/20/republican-senator-lindsey-graham-supports-infrastructure-spending-but-not-for-america-for-libya/