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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Not sure what else the left expected them to do, raise taxes? not bloody likely. Although I'm not a bit surprised that instead of more 'fat' out of the budget that they chose to start cutting money from those that need it the most.
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First question is are these CUTS or are they cuts in the rate of spending INCREASE.
The only true cuts I know of in the last 20 years were Clintons military spending cuts, as in the military had less money to do stuff after the cuts than the year before.
All the other 'cuts' were really reductions in the rate of increase which means the organizations had MORE money than the prior year, just not as much as they were first budgeted for.
Without even looking into it, I'm willing to bet this is the case here.
I hope I'm wrong though, we really do need real cuts across the board. This is my primary gripe with the republicans, they have only slowed the rate of government expansion, but they have not reversed it. This is not why they were voted into office in 1994.