The H.Y.P.O.C.R.I.S.Y. Act: Making politicians mean what they say, or else...

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y-Act-by-Scott-Baker-110810-241.html

"A Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Huffington Post with three separate federal agencies reveals that on at least 16 separate occasions, Bachmann petitioned the federal government for direct financial help or aid. A large chunk of those requests were for funds set aside through President Obama's stimulus program, which Bachmann once labeled "fantasy economics." Bachman made two more of those requests to the Environmental Protection Agency, an institution that she has suggested she would eliminate if she were in the White House.

Taken as a whole, the letters underscore what Bachman's critics describe as a glaring distance between her campaign oratory and her actual conduct as a lawmaker. " it appears that one of the Tea Party's most cherished members has demonstrated that the government does, in fact, play a constructive role -- at least in her life and district."

In honor of Michelle Bachman, and other elected representatives', numerous funding requests from the very agencies they seek to eliminate, calling the EPA the "job-killing organization of America," and a $700 million bridge connecting Wisconsin and Minnesota, for example, I'd like to present the H.Y.P.O.C.R.I.S.Y. Act:

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Here's what the bill would do. It would still allow elected representatives to criticize and seek to improve the efficiency of governmental agencies, but if they either verbally, or through funding denials, sought to abolish or weaken an agency to the point of inoperability, it would not allow them to request funding or, in the case of regulatory agencies, seek protection of, those agencies.

More at the link --