"Is our national goal to place as many people on welfare, food stamp support, as we can possibly put on that program? Is that our goal? Is that a moral vision for the United States of America, just to see how many people we can place in a situation where they're dependent on the federal government for their food? I just ask that. I think we should wrestle with that question."
Sen. Sessions addressing Sen. Gillibrand's argument of moral need to feed
Sen. Sessions must have been overlooking where the money has been going for the past decade. Hint: it's not to feed the hungry, unless you take "military pork" so seriously that you actually believe it puts bacon in a human being's mouth.
There's nothing quite as amusing as reading Senator Sessions' (R-AL, of course) Facebook page updates. Here's the latest:
Senator Sessions made the following comments today after Speaker Boehner said he would not conference with the Senate immigration bill. Sessions praised the announcement while also sounding a note of caution:
“Today’s announcement is an important and positive development for our nation, our people, and the Republican party. House Republicans are resisting an influence campaign and standing for the interests of the American people.
But a word of caution: the groups pushing for Gang of Eight-style legislation are well-financed and very powerful. The Gang of Eight bill’s fatal flaw was always that it answered to the special interests at the expense of the national interest. Arguably the single most destructive feature of the Senate’s immigration bill was the massive permanent surge in low-skill immigration that would reduce wages and increase unemployment. The White House and Senate Democrats shamelessly coordinated with a small cadre of CEOs to pressure House Republicans to yield.
It’s time for Republicans to tell these special interests to get lost and to be the one party that will defend the interests of the millions of low-wage Americans looking for better jobs and better wages. This is the moment for a vision to emerge centered on growth and prosperity for working Americans—not just the powerful and well-connected.”
Now when Senator Sessions bemoans "special interests", I know we're in for a satire. Because the last time I checked, Sen. Sessions had multiple close financial relationships with companies involved in the prison industry. In fact, he had multiple close relationships with all kinds of dubious organizations and enterprises. And what prison industry companies want the most is a new list of crimes which require time spent in a company jail, of course.
Would it surprise you to know that Sessions is "tough on crime"? He is so tough on crime, in fact, that it often rubs elbows with his support for so-called "family values". Ordering fathers and mothers to jail rather than rehab for drug convictions breaks up families. Maybe it's all about job creation. Or shoring up the economy. Or something I can't remember if I heard on SNL or Sarah Palin....
If I were a registered Republican, I would burn my party card. Anything rather than make excuses for the vast number of goofballs currently involved in the governance of a nuclear-weapon-loaded nation.