I see my Tea Party Facebook friends are outraged at the Dept. of Justice spending $16 per cupcake at some event, screeching at the gub'ment's hyper-overspending because it's fascist etc etc.
Besides it turning out that the $16 cupcake is a myth, why wouldn't this be celebrated by such free market fetishizers as the TP/GOP? If the government said "we need cupcakes," and some hotel was able to get $16 for a cupcake, isn't that a victory for small business in the cutthroat world of capitalism? Doesn't that mean the hotel can "create more jobs"? Instead of being mad at the government for paying $16 for a cupcake, shouldn't we be pissed the hotel didn't try to get $17, since isn't that what Jesus wants?
I guess billions of dollars spent on war planes that will never be used is fine, but $16 for a cupcake that isn't actually $16 but looks good on a placard with the Obama-as-Joker-from-Batman is too much. And if your argument is well, making those planes creates jobs, why not make cupcakes instead? I'm sorry, but cupcakes can be PRETTY fucking tasty. Nom nom nom!
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