Reply #7: Don't know if I'd go as far as "exquisite", but thanks.

[trof]

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The problem with a lot of what I call "Rational Republicans" is how they the view ways and means to reach a desired goal. I could lay out most of my views listed above and not get too much of a disagreement. Inevitably, what they accuse us of is "throwing money at the problem". I agree that there are some situations where we can work smarter to solve a problem, but there are some, maybe many, that can only be solved by proper funding.

Rightly or wrongly, we Dems have a reputation for lavish funding of pet-pork projects. I don't think we're any guiltier than Repubs, but the bullhorn is pretty much theirs. That's something else we must change if we want to win an election.