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struggle4progress

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Fri Apr 28, 2017, 09:57 PM Apr 2017

Suddenly, GOP doesn't care about wasteful spending

Mac McCann

I'm old enough to remember when Republicans at least claimed to care about government waste ...

... back in 2013, before Donald Trump moved into the Oval Office, longtime Republican leader Newt Gingrich tweeted, "Trump and president obsma <sic> both golf but trump doesn't charge the taxpayers $920,000 for a golf weekend in florida" ...

In his first 80 days as president, Trump has spent around $21.6 million — of taxpayers' money — at his private Palm Beach club, Mar-A-Lago ... over the span of six weekends, or 21 days ...

At this rate, Trump will waste more taxpayer dollars on travel in his first year than former President Barack Obama did in his entire eight years ... Obama didn't golf a single time during the first 13 weeks of his presidency ...


https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/04/28/trump-takes-office-suddenly-gop-care-wasteful-spending

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Suddenly, GOP doesn't care about wasteful spending (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2017 OP
IOKOYAR... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #1
Not sudden at all... JHB Apr 2017 #2
Of course not Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #3
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