Rep. Glenn Grothman had a frothing-at-the-mouth, spittle-flinging, fist-pounding, yelling meltdown on the chamber floors. But what could have gotten Grothman so fricking angry? Did someone tell him he’d have to start paying for all the food he’s been mooching over the years? Did he get told he had to show up in clean and ironed clothing from now on? Did someone burn his bratwurst?
No, it was none of that. He was spitting mad because people are getting government benefits, like Medicaid and SNAP. Even worse, local governments were having to look at raising their taxes to make up for the slack caused by President Elmo, the Rancid Kumquat and congressional Republicans:
Some people actually want to expand programs, which in our current crisis is unbelievable for a Republican to do, but I’m going to address which tax cuts we have. Different tax cuts do different things. We have tax credits to encourage manufacturing. We have tax credits to encourage more work. We have tax credits to encourage more research. We have tax cuts to encourage more children.
