Hays Hates Democracy

He's sponsored an amendment to kill publicly financed elections in Florida. He agrees with the Jeb! assessment that public financing is "welfare for politicians." I'd buy the two of them a copy of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Constructing Valid Metaphors," but I think it might violate the gift ban. Public financing is a way to even the playing field, remove corporate influence and make elections about ideas and not money. Republicans oppose a system like that because it guarantees they lose. That's why they gutted the Florida system and now want to get rid of it.

But it really wouldn't be a complete Republican boondoggle unless Hays justified it with an ironic and hypocritical excuse. Bingo!:

"Just think how much more good that $11 million could have been used for if it was spent on education or rehabilitating prisoners or helping foster care children," said Hays.

Really? Really? The only reason we aren't giving enough funding for public education, prisoner rehab and helping foster care is because of this drop in the bucket that is going towards increasing democracy? Really? I'm declaring shenanigans. Hays is a liar. The reason these things are more fully funded is because Republicans don't want to more fully fund them. End of story.