Bush Spending Like A Drunken Sailor?
Someone made the comment to me the other day that Bush was spending money like a drunken sailor. I'm afraid I have to completely disagree with the entire notion that a comparison of Bush to a drunken sailor is even remotely accurate. It's a completely unfair comparison! I have a lot of experience as a drunken sailor, you see, and I know for a fact there's no comparison.
A drunken sailor with any intelligence at all has allotments taken out of his or her pay to cover all their financial obligations, so that whatever cash he or she has in therio pocket is completely disposable income. If all of it is spent on drunken sailorness, there should be no real negative affect on their ability to meet their existing financial commitments. There's also the time-honored tradition of getting started at the club on base, where the drinks are dirt-cheap. This enables the initiation of the aforementioned drunkenness in a low-cost, financially responsible manner. Had our president not come form such a rich family, this factor alone may have helped him have a much higher attendance record during ANG drill weekends.
Plus, if a sailor spends all his or her disposable money on drunkenness, there's always the barracks and chow hall to take care fo the necessities of food and shelter. Not to mention that there are all sorts of low-cost entertainment options available through Special Services. When I headed down the gangplank or out the gate, I knew my drunkenness and whatever free-spending episodes that may result from such drunkenness would be limited by the money I could pull out of my pocket. A drunken sailor, therefore, has a very reasonable system of accounting checks and balances built-into the procurement and expenditure process that ensures a responsible level of fiduciary accountability.
Unfortunately for all of us, no such checks and balances exist when the Bush Administration heads down the gangplank. If they want to spend more money, they spend it and have the Republican-lead legislature vote away whatever checks and balances might have been in place to prevent such over-spending. Then, other people have to pony up the bucks to cover their spending. I'm sure they are hoping those payments won't come due until there is a Democrat in the White House, when the Republicans can blame them for raising taxes while ignoring that theya re doing so to pay theri debts. So the bottom line is, a drunken sailor exhibits a much greater degree of financial restraint and responsibility than the Bush administration does.
A comparison between a drunken sailor and G.W. Bush with regards to spending patterns is, therefore, fatally flawed in it's logical underpinnings.
A drunken sailor with any intelligence at all has allotments taken out of his or her pay to cover all their financial obligations, so that whatever cash he or she has in therio pocket is completely disposable income. If all of it is spent on drunken sailorness, there should be no real negative affect on their ability to meet their existing financial commitments. There's also the time-honored tradition of getting started at the club on base, where the drinks are dirt-cheap. This enables the initiation of the aforementioned drunkenness in a low-cost, financially responsible manner. Had our president not come form such a rich family, this factor alone may have helped him have a much higher attendance record during ANG drill weekends.
Plus, if a sailor spends all his or her disposable money on drunkenness, there's always the barracks and chow hall to take care fo the necessities of food and shelter. Not to mention that there are all sorts of low-cost entertainment options available through Special Services. When I headed down the gangplank or out the gate, I knew my drunkenness and whatever free-spending episodes that may result from such drunkenness would be limited by the money I could pull out of my pocket. A drunken sailor, therefore, has a very reasonable system of accounting checks and balances built-into the procurement and expenditure process that ensures a responsible level of fiduciary accountability.
Unfortunately for all of us, no such checks and balances exist when the Bush Administration heads down the gangplank. If they want to spend more money, they spend it and have the Republican-lead legislature vote away whatever checks and balances might have been in place to prevent such over-spending. Then, other people have to pony up the bucks to cover their spending. I'm sure they are hoping those payments won't come due until there is a Democrat in the White House, when the Republicans can blame them for raising taxes while ignoring that theya re doing so to pay theri debts. So the bottom line is, a drunken sailor exhibits a much greater degree of financial restraint and responsibility than the Bush administration does.
A comparison between a drunken sailor and G.W. Bush with regards to spending patterns is, therefore, fatally flawed in it's logical underpinnings.
posted by Alec Smart | 11:21 PM
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