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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
And why are the Politicians threatening to shut down the government? over whether they should cut 30 or 40 billion dollars out of last year's budget. Spending for 2010-11 is budgeted at 3,500 billion dollars, so 30 or 40 is only 1%.
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Exactly why I posted that Onion article in the beginning of this thread. None of the proposals do anything to address any of the spending or debt problems they say they do. Apparently the last minute negotiations between both sides of clowns came down to bill riders such as defunding support for Planned Parenthood (which is completely stupid no matter which side of the abortion debate you fall on as PP's goal is to
prevent pregnancy and thus the need for abortions) and minuscule things that DON'T MATTER and will not have ANY meaningful effect on the national debt or spending. It's pure ideology being sold as fiscal responsibility. Politics at its finest.
You want spending cuts? Here's your $82 billion in spending cuts. Done. Next problem.
