{"id":3423,"date":"2020-03-27T09:12:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T13:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2020-03-27T09:12:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T13:12:23","slug":"gop-senators-now-and-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3423","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senators Now and Then"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"413\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/JPA232.jpg\" alt=\"GOP Senators Now and Then\" class=\"wp-image-3424\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/JPA232.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/JPA232-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Admittedly, comparing the financial crisis that precipitated the Great Recession to the one we&#8217;re currently experiencing is&nbsp;kinda&nbsp;apples-to-oranges.&nbsp;Different economics, different timelines, different triggers. Still, am I the only one feeling disorientated by stunning contrast of the GOP&nbsp;and the&nbsp;bailout money?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go back with me a dozen years to a time when Senators from southern states pontificated at great length about budget deficits and fiscal restraint. Remember how they knitted their collective brows&nbsp;in grave concern about prudent spending&nbsp;of taxpayer money. In particular how Senator Richard Shelby threatened filibuster over bailing out automakers calling the money a &#8220;bridge loan to nowhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we now know, those loans turned out to be a pretty good deal \u2014 for Michigan and the country.&nbsp;Our manufacturing base&nbsp;was saved, the loans were paid back, and we enjoyed a decade of tremendous prosperity. I hope we will be able to say the same about the current bailout to the travel and lodging industry. It&#8217;s just more than a little galling the way those same senators are selling this bailout to us.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admittedly, comparing the financial crisis that precipitated the Great Recession to the one we&#8217;re currently experiencing is&nbsp;kinda&nbsp;apples-to-oranges.&nbsp;Different economics, different timelines, different triggers. Still, am I the only one feeling disorientated by stunning contrast of the GOP&nbsp;and the&nbsp;bailout money? Go back with me a dozen years to a time when Senators from southern states pontificated at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrewheller-com","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3425,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions\/3425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}