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Cromnibus, the Grinch who stole progress

The American people are blind. We're blind to the real interests of our elected officials. We're blind to the political process that empowers them to protect those interests from public scrutiny. We're blind to the mountains of corporate and special interest dollars that have polluted our government. What's worse, we don't even care. Two months ago we saw the conclusion to an ugly, contentious, and disheartening election where the popular narrative contends Americans voted for fiscal conservancy, transparency, and change to an obstructive federal government. Congress is supposedly half-full of socialist liberals who force the electorate to accept progressive values they aren't comfortable with and a healthcare law that picks the pocket of every family and retiree in nation. To that logic and flag-waving nonsense I say one thing; Cromnibus. The U.S. congress just force fed the American taxpayer the most disgusting, destructive law-masked-as-an-appropriation-b