For the last 30 years, wide-eyed budget pedants swooned for GOP thrift lectures, totally blind to the grift. Now, abandoned, the scolds hyperventilate over spreadsheets while their former allies roast marshmallows over a multi-trillion-dollar bonfire of red ink. What a bunch of losers

Posted on August 14, 2026 at 01:50:49 AM by Arctic (edited August 14, 2026 at 01:54:24 AM)

I'll concede the budget scolds had a point, but you can't ever take their political instincts seriously ever again.

In an entirely shame-free America, those tragic fiscal scolds are probably still getting off on vintage footage of Mitt Romney promising entitlement cuts.

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For the last 30 years, wide-eyed budget pedants swooned for GOP thrift lectures, totally blind to the grift. Now, abandoned, the scolds hyperventilate over spreadsheets while their former allies roast marshmallows over a multi-trillion-dollar bonfire of red ink. What a bunch of losers - By Arctic August 14, 2026 at 01:50:49 AM
- Where have you gone, Paul Ryan? Nfm - By Cutter August 14, 2026 at 06:56:23 AM
- Hey now, we need to give Reagan his credit. 40 years.* - By Bluebuck August 14, 2026 at 06:29:15 AM

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For the last 30 years, wide-eyed budget pedants swooned for GOP thrift lectures, totally blind to the grift. Now, abandoned, the scolds hyperventilate over spreadsheets while their former allies roast marshmallows over a multi-trillion-dollar bonfire of red ink. What a bunch of losers