As for spending, an obvious and cheap fix would be for them to admit the indefensibility of the law and pass the Respect for Marriage act.

The problem we’re reacting to isn’t the amount of spending, but their glaring hypocrisy when it comes to spending even a single dollar. Remember, this is the party where every serious presidential candidate last year stated they would categorically *not* accept a 1:10 ratio of tax increases to spending cuts.

The US spends $3 MM every 15 seconds, based on the 2012 federal spending;I’d refer to it as the 2012 federal budget if we actually had a budget.

The $3MM this author is outraged over is equivalent to a hand full of sand on a beach that is a football field long and 1 foot deep.

Federal wind subsidies, which enrich an industry that has never and will never make financial sense reached $1.5 billion in 2012, which is 500 times more money than the outrageous $3 MM.

You can argue against the policy, but please do not pretend to be outraged over an amount of money that is rounded off in every single bill that passes through congress. $3 MM is imperceptible against $1 trillion dollar deficit.