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This economic crisis isn't about economics, it's about politics. When the GOP goes off on "cutting spending", they're not being fiscally responsible. Ideally, t
by Cushman 15y ago
This economic crisis isn't about economics, it's about politics. When the GOP goes off on "cutting spending", they're not being fiscally responsible. Ideally, they would literally like to cut every dollar that isn't going to the Pentagon. "Spending cuts" is a dog whistle for the idea that the Federal government shouldn't exist at all.
It doesn't matter if borrowing and spending (some might call it "investing") money is good fiscal policy— "spending" is just wrong.
- orangecat 15y ago"Spending cuts" is a dog whistle for the idea that the Federal government shouldn't exist at all. Please. The government spent far less during Clinton's administration (the last vaguely fiscally responsible president), and I don't recall having to step over that many starving homeless people to get to work.
- Cushman 15y agoUm, yes? We could certainly be spending less and providing more social services. That's not what the tea partiers mean when they say "cut spending", though.