Spending

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Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.slate.com/id/2291054/


an interesting article..have no idea if it's accurate or not.

Letting the Bush Tax Cuts expire cuts our deficit in half in 10 years.

That's why the left was so very angry at Obama when he reniged on his campaign promise, and continued the Bush tax cuts for 2 more years, as a giveaway to the Republicans to get START signed. That's why they were screaming to at least let the tax cuts for the wealthy expire in the recession.

Two years ago, the Tea Party was yelling at town hall meetings, "Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" Well, they voted for the very people - the Republican budget - the party that has now publicly announced they want to eliminate those Tea Party folks Medicare completely in 10 years, and put the elderly back into poverty, and back into no health care. (It is a constant amazement to me, how some people vote against their own desires and self-interest). Oh, yeah, and use that increase in our income from saving that Medicare money, to finance the newest tax cuts for the wealthy.

Oh, pay down the debt? Let's have another fake Washington orgasm over clipping a few billion out of 0.17% of our budget, and say we did well, and pat ourselves on the back and call it historic.