Want to hold a convention? Then pay for it!

Isn't the country supposed to be broke?

Then why is the Republican Party demanding $55,000,000 in federal taxpayer money for security at their 2012 convention in Tampa?

While the Republicans have their hands out asking for dough for the convention, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn (supposedly a Democrat) is of course happy to oblige. "Without that money, we would have almost an impossible task trying to put this on," he warned.

Then don't. If the Republicans aren't willing to pay for their own convention, then they shouldn't have one. Simple as that.

Why would you even want a Republican convention in your town? Every GOP convention leaves its respective city a wreck. If the town isn't littered with vomit and discarded signs with state names on them, it always ends up having to pay for the lawsuits that result when the city inevitably arrests anybody who dares to exercise their free speech by protesting the convention.

There's no money for Medicare or veterans benefits, but there's enough money to provide $55,000,000 in security for some has-been politicians to go on TV and talk about "Smash Mouth politics"? I guess since the Republicans think they're "messengers of God", they think they can make the rest of the country pay for everything they do.

Then again, taxpayers already pay for everything they do as it is.

(Source: http://www.politicususa.com/en/gop-convention-mooch)