There is simply no other way to say it. On September 12th, right-wing Republicans were in Washington, DC to protest government spending. They demand that the government spend less and let the free market pick up the difference. So how do they react? Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas sent a note to the Washington, DC Metro (the DC subway system) to complain that they didn’t spend more money to run more subway cars to handle the additional passengers and because of that many people had to use the free market system, namely cabs, to get around the city. Is this utter insanity? Government spending should be increased to help people get around the city in order to protest against government spending? Shouldn’t they be demanding that the Metro NOT spend any additional money since they are there protesting that the government is spending too much money? The complaint seems to be that any spending that isn’t good for me is bad. But if the government spends money that directly helps me then it is OK and the government should spend more and more. The sound you are hearing is me banging my head on my desk.

h/t: Wall Street Journal