Darrell Castle talks about the end of 2022 as the United States Congress came together in an act of bipartisanship to prevent a government shutdown and pass the $1.7 trillion, 4,155 page omnibus spending bill.

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CONGRESSIONAL BIPARTISANSHIP

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 6th day of January in the year of our Lord 2023. I will be talking about the end of 2022 as the United States Congress came together in an act of bipartisanship to prevent a government shutdown. Congress was able to attend to its priorities quite well during December 2022 and I will be looking at the priorities of Congress as manifested by the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed at the last minute as the last act of 2022 or the first of 2023 depending how you want to view it.

I’ve heard the Democrat Party referred to as the evil Party and the Republican Party referred to as the stupid Party. Occasionally they get together and do something both evil and stupid which is known as bipartisanship. Yes, everyone knows that the U.S. is more than 31 trillion in debt it cannot repay. More than 3 trillion would have to be shaved from the budget this year to reduce the debt by 1 trillion and then do that for 31 years so unpayable is a reasonable word.

Instead, the plan is to destroy what’s left of the American economy by spending wantonly, irresponsibly, and foolishly on waste and war. The passage of the bill funnels more than $47 billion additional dollars to aid the Ukrainian efforts to fight Russia. That will bring the total aid package to roughly $111 billion. U.S. defense contractors such as Raytheon and General Dynamics will be happy since they will build the weapons paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Some of the missiles being ordered will reportedly not be ready for shipment until 2025.

What will be the results of all this spending? More of the nations’ resources will be shifted to unproductive uses such as buying weapons and buying foreign politicians. Real American wealth is reduced while unproductive dollars flood through the system. Dollars are given birth without any subsequent increase in production. Congress is just doing what it does best, destroying the economy with fake money and stupid spending.

Let’s look at just a few of the things your labor will be paying for in this bill of 4,155 pages which congress was given 3 days to read and digest.

$410 million to protect the borders of Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Oman, and Lebanon.

$65 million to restore Pacific salmon populations.

$3.6 million to make a hiking trail named for Michelle Obama.

$200 million to promote gender equity and equality some of which is for Pakistan.

$3 Million for an LGBTQ museum in New York.

$477,000 for the Equity Institute of Rhode for antiracism virtual labs.

$1million for Zora’s House in Ohio, a co-working and community space for women and gender expansive people of color.

$750,000 for LGBT and gender non-conforming housing in Albany, NY.

$2million for the Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore.

$750,000 for the Trans Latin Coalition to provide workforce development for transgender and gender non-conforming and Intersex immigrant women in Los Angeles.

$1.2 million for LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers.

$1.2 million for DACA recipients at San Diego Community College.

$5.4 billion in earmarks for the Democrats.

$858 billion in defense for the Republicans.

We were told before passage of this bill that aid to Ukraine was the number one issue for Republicans. That is what Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said anyway, but it seems that not many Republicans will admit to that. “Providing assistance for the Ukrainians to defeat the Russians, that’s the No. 1 priority for the United States right now, according to most republicans.” To that statement by senator McConnell, I say nonsense, but if it is somehow true,