Can We Just Get Legislators To Wear Fiscal Chastity Belts?–UPDATED

Give the voters the key. Strap on the chastity belt and let legislators go to town—writing legislation that cuts spending.

If a legislator gets so much as close to a big government program or sidles up to a entitlement in the form of state, business, bank or individual bailouts, shock ‘em with a cattle-prod like shock. (Okay, so that’s a little extra….and maybe more painful than an actual chastity belt.)

What prompted my new, genius creative idea? The RNC’s purity tests:

Conservative members of the Republican National Committee have submitted two different proposals at their Winter Meeting this week that would prevent party money from being given to GOP candidates who are deemed too moderate.

One of the measures – the so-called “purity resolution” that was first circulated in November and drew criticism from Republicans who want to broaden the party’s appeal – would deny RNC support to candidates who fail to adhere to at least eight of 10 conservative principles.

A second, less-stringent proposal has also been submitted for consideration at the meeting, which began Wednesday at a beachfront resort in Honolulu.

Man, I hate these sorts of things. They aren’t very useful. A guy like Scott Brown would unlikely pass the “test” or else, if he did, it would because of some dancing around the strict meaning of the test.

Can’t we just invoke the rule I give for being on Twitter, aka, “Don’t be an idiot”? I mean, Republican should mean fiscal conservatism which should mean not being a big spending dolt.

What does being a Republican mean, if it doesn’t mean that?

UPDATED:

A reader pointed out that we should have Legislators castrated since they’re the offending party. Voters need chastity belts, I guess.

RNC didn’t go over for the “purity test” thankfully:

@ewerickson: RNC state chair’s meeting unanimously rejected the Bopp litmus test resolution. /via @sorendayton. Good for them.

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