Less than a month ago, Pat Toomey was inaugurated as the new senator from Pennsylvania. We haven't heard from him at all since then. Until now. The first big thing out of his yapper is this brilliantly stupid idea:
New Republican legislation in the House and Senate would force the U.S. government to reroute huge amounts of money to China and other creditors in the event that Congress fails to raise its debt ceiling. [...]
If passed, Toomey's plan would require the government to cut large checks to foreign countries, and major financial institutions, before paying off its obligations to Social Security beneficiaries and other citizens owed money by the Treasury -- that is, if the U.S. hits its debt ceiling.
They're always trying to figure out a way to kill Social Security. This one is certainly one of the more creative ideas, that's for sure. And by "creative," I mean "retarded."