Okay, perhaps I wasn't being fair yesterday when I slammed the Tea Party's proposed budget plan for the rest of the federal fiscal year (which runs until September 30). Maybe I was just being a sorry liberal, not caring about my children and grandchildren and the oppressive debt they are going to have to pay … Continue reading Draconian: A Second Look At the GOP’s Cuts
Month: February 2011
The Tea Party’s Foolish Budget Consistency
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. --Ralph W. EmersonOn Wednesday, after Hal Rogers said he would cut $36 billion from current-year federal expenditures, the Kentucky Republican chair of the House Appropriations Committee was dragged into a dark corner of the Congressional playground and threatened … Continue reading The Tea Party’s Foolish Budget Consistency
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