Comments on: Feingold launches “Spotlight on Spending” series

By: Zach W

Zach W — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:38:07 +0000

Yeah, and let’s not forget that it’s not as if Sen. Feingold just found fiscal responsibility because it’s an election year. After all, he was named a “Taxpayer Guardian” in the Senate by Taxpayers for Common Sense, and he has also been honored by the National Taxpayers Union as its “Top Senator” for his efforts to restrain federal spending. Oh, and did I mention he has also been recognized by Club for Growth, hardly a left-leaning organization, for his votes to curb wasteful spending?

By: Zach W

Zach W — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:35:59 +0000

James, Sen. Feingold’s focus on cutting funding to Radio/TV Martí is just one of a number of steps he’s proposed as part of a larger piece of legislation which would reduce the deficit by over one half trillion dollars over ten years. Sure, the funding for Radio/TV Martí is just a drop in that big bucket, but try to look at the bigger picture.

By: Ordinary Jill

Ordinary Jill — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:29:59 +0000

Feingold is channeling Bill Proxmire, who was well known for his “Golden Fleece Award” that highlighted wasteful federal programs. Proxmire also spent the least amount of money on a successful Senate campaign in the 1980s. He basically paid for his filing fee and gas money while he drove around the state making personal appearances at small town parades and county fairs. No paid advertising at all. Those were different times.

By: Zach W

Zach W — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:22:48 +0000

Kay, I’m sorry for being so efficient!

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:19:58 +0000

Oh, btw, James, they’re *jammed* transmissions. Where is the common sense in that?

Remind us of what it means when you keep doing an unsuccessful thing over and over expecting different results.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:55 +0000

dammit, Zach, I just got down writing my own piece on this before I checked out your blog….you get up too early!

By: james wigderson

james wigderson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:35:53 +0000

The amount is less than the federal funds being used to launch the stupid street car. Maybe Feingold should focus on that, instead.

Rather than trying to shut down Radio and TV Marti and appease the Communists in Havana, Feingold should be asking the Obama Administration to make the ending of the jamming of those transmissions as part of any future relaxation of tensions between the two countries.

By: Jason Haas

Jason Haas — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:56:37 +0000

That the station started in 1983 places it squarely within the Reagan administration. Reagan was virulently anti-communist, which is partially how he became famous in Republican circles in the 1950s. With the Cuban revolution against U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in January 1959, I bet Reagan was itching for a chance to try and undermine the Castro regime. Obviously, it didn't work. The Internet probably has done more to help fight dictatorship in Cuba than this waste of money ever did or can do.