Monkey Business
So with gas prices at their highest levels ever, with Social Security and Medicare going bankrupt, and with the Bush tax cuts set to expire resulting in a massive tax hike for all Americans, what has the U.S. House decided to do?
Yesterday, they voted to spend $5 million to prevent the interstate sale of monkeys. Yes, monkeys. Here's the vote tally.
According to CQ.com ($), Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT-02) said, "Maybe we should actually spend more time with human primate energy issues, rather than the non-human primate non-issue.”
