Twelve Days of Congress

Budget & Tax, National Security, | Weekly Wastebasket

Dec 19, 2008 | 1 min read | Print Article

In the spirit of the holidays, we at Taxpayers for Common Sense wanted to end the year on a high note, or at l east an off-note. So here is a look at the last year, in song, to the tune of the last verse of the twelve days of Christmas. (For a video version of TCS staff singing this song, check out our homepage)

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the Congress gave to me…

12     thousand earmarks ,
11^th hour spending ,
10    trillion debt ,
9      stalled spending bills ,
8      percent approval ,
7      hundred billion bailout ,
6      percent unemployment ,
5      Grand Pay Raise ,
4      pricey raptors ,
3      auto bailouts ,
2       feuding parties ,