Saturday, July 03, 2010

Anti-spending pols eye gov't cash

Politico reports:
Former Arizona Rep. J.D. Hayworth warned against “more and bigger government, reckless bailouts, endless deficit spending” when he announced for Senate. Rick Scott, the former health care executive running for governor of Florida, warns in an ad that “if we don’t stop the government from growing and spending, the Aemrican dream won’t be there for our kids.” And Shelby County, Tenn., Commissioner George Flinn has run a commercial warning that the federal government is “bankrupting us with bailouts” and “runaway spending and debt.”

All three Republicans have sung different tunes in the private sector, where they’ve profited or helped advertise opportunities for financial support from national government programs.