What's The Color Of The Sky On Their Planet?

Our humble household was the recipient of a mailer produced by the Republican Party of Wisconsin. That is funny enough in itself.

The mailer encourage my wife and I to use their applications for absentee ballots, and had some of their propaganda, which was too funny.

The talking point of this mailer was the economy, and they were urging us to vote their way so they could "save" the economy. They then listed three things they would do. I will relate these to you here, along with why they are so absurd.

"We need lower taxes to grow the economy and create new jobs."

Um, guys, we had the Bush tax cuts for the rich. It worked so well in creating jobs that some states are now having to worry about running out of unemployment funds.

"We need to drill in America for the oil we have, not pay outrageous prices to countries that don't like us very much."

That's another rip snorter. Even while oil prices have dropped by almost 50% over the last three months, Big Oil has made some major cash on gouging the hell out of us. And even if they started to drill tomorrow, it wouldn't help a bit.

"We need a transparent system to regulate Washington and Wall Street so we don't end up in this financial mess again."

Hardy har har.