Was House irresponsible on Friday?

I can not believe the news, the news, mind you, reporting that the one billion dollars allotted for *“Cash for Clunkers” had been depleted and the House decided the same day to allot an additional two billion dollars to the fund.

In my world, for one billion dollars to simply disappear in a matter of a few days is impossible without massive fraud. That kind of thing simply does not happen. I think the House members would have at least demanded some kind of proof and accountability to report to the public if nothing else. Some receipts or something but to just fork over an additional two billion dollars without any efforts whatsoever to substantiate the “Guess what? We ran out of money!” claim is irresponsible. The word “reckless!” comes to mind. Does the “Stimulus Package” mentality still haunt their thinking skills? Have none of them ever dealt with teenage children and money? In my opinion the money was budgeted for “Cash for Clunkers”. That was good, maybe even noble. It’s gone now. Let it go. The more I think the word “reckless” it is replaced with the word “insane!”

Lord help us if the House just wanted to hurry to shut down to take the August recess saying, “Let the Senate take care of it!”
As always,
BB
* Cash-for-clunkers triggers billion-dollar spending spree
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/cash-clunkers-triggers-billion-dollar-spending-spree-106867
And
McCain will lead GOP opposition to ‘cash-for-clunkers’
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-will-lead-gop-opposition-to-cash-for-clunkers-2009-08-02.html