Stealing from the Troops

Congress love to chant sayings like "We're for the troops." In the "put your money where your mouth is, we have systemic failure on their part: "U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects." With the subtitle - "$2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition." Both parties are guilty, although perusing the list, no surprise, the Democrats take the prize:

Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.

I'm all in favor of a World War II museum - not sure why it needs to be at the University of New Orleans - but stealing money from the troops for a Kennedy Educational Institute??

This is emblematic of the problems we face with an entrenched power class in Washington - they are completely deaf to the real world where bad guys try to kill our guys.