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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: James Cessna on March 11, 2011, 08:09:11 AM
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In Washington, there is no such thing as a frugal Democrat. By earth-logic, if you got a raise of 10 percent last year, but this year you're only getting a raise of 8 percent, you're still getting a raise. On Planet Washington, under the logic of the Democrats, that qualifies as an indefensible slashing.
"So when the GOP cut $4 billion from the budget last week, the Democrats acted as if it was an involuntary amputation. Now the GOP wants to cut $61 billion of discretionary nondefense spending from the total budget of $3.7 trillion, and Democrats are responding as if this will spell the end of Western civilization.
Imagine you have a budget of $10,000 (about 40 percent of it borrowed on a credit card), then "slash" 28 bucks. That's what it's like to be a frugal Democrat.
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's solution to the deficit is -- wait for it -- spend a whole bunch more. In October, Pelosi said that every dollar spent on unemployment benefits and food stamps puts another $1.79 into economy. "It is the biggest bang for the buck when you do food stamps and unemployment insurance."
Her latest version of teenage-mutant ninja Keynesianism is to "invest" even more on education. "Nothing brings more to the treasury than investing in education," Pelosi said."
Look at it this way. Those heartless Republican bastards would cut 2011 nondefense discretionary spending from 3.6 percent to 3.2 percent of GDP. Under Bill Clinton, such spending averaged 3.1 percent of GDP."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/11/planet_washington_109198.html