GOP Rep Runs Taxpayer-Funded Campaign-Style Ads On 'Out Of Control Spending'

While this Republican member of the House is from Illinois, the story is simply to good to pass up. It summarizes the breathtaking hypocrisy that is the modern Republican party.

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) is running campaign-style Web ads for a "tele-town hall" on "out of control spending" that are financed by taxpayer dollars -- and the ads were OKed as permissible under House rules.

In short, he's using tax funds to complain about over-spending of tax funds.

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