The Democrats brought home their bacon today when President Barack Obama signed the Porkulus bill into law in Denver, Colorado. Woohoo! Now we can all have our mortgages paid and get six figure jobs! Ahh…good times are coming.

The bill is officially titled the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and was crafted largely in backdoor negotiations, something the President said he would end. Despite what they may try to tell us, this bill was by no means bipartisan. Not a single Republican voted for it in the House and only three voted for it in the Senate. The three Republican turncoats were Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. I’ll have to say I’m proud of the Republicans who made a stand against the largest spending increase in American history. Folks, someone is going to have to pay for this and there isn’t enough rich people out there to take it from. It will either have to be borrowed (more debt for our children), printed (inflation here we come) or taxes will have to be raised for those making less than the $250K Obama talked about during his campaign (yet another broken campaign promise). Read More→