Student Loan Scam Editorial

So, this shows what’s wrong with both Democrats and Republicans. For Republicans, there’s absolutely no way you can argue effectively that subsidizing private lenders is a better solution than direct lending from government itself. So, the Democratic bill makes sense, right? Not so fast, in typical liberal fashion, the proposed Democratic bill takes the savings generated from ending the subsidies and channels it right back into other progressive spending programs! Why not just say, we saved some money, and we’re happy with that? We need less from taxpayers. Clearly that’s not how Washington works. They think it’s their money, not ours, and that any money they save by ending or reducing a program must be spent on some other program. It’s the most ridiculous fucking idea I’ve ever heard, and why the Democrats will be out in 2010, and a new set of Republican morons will be running things…