Democrat’s Appalling Budget Wishcast

http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=2127 ^ | William M. Briggs

[mattstat]

It is a logical fallacy to say that it OK for John to lie, cheat and steal because Mary lied, cheated and stole.

If magnificent lies are evil, and they are; if cheating is hateful, and it is; and if stealing is a crime, and it surely is; then whoever commits these acts is despicable. You must not believe that because one person or group of persons got away with a crime that is fine for others to go unpunished.

Thus, because Republicans have abused the Congressional budget process before, it is no excuse for Democrats to say that they should be allowed to. Even stronger, defending politicians with this argument makes you an ass.

And talk about abuse! The Sabine women were treated better than our budget was with the passing of Obamacare.

Part of the debauchment lay in forecasting how much Obamacare will cost in future years. This forecast—mandated to produce a deficit reduction so that the House could cram the bill through the reconciliation process—had at least two components. (1) Direct fabrications, and (2) Wishcasts.

The direct fabrications, while spoken of, have (understandably) received little attention. The worst is the government has forbade private entities to make student college loans. Verboten! They have usurped yet another right that belonged to us. I don’t know their argument for doing so. Since it’s Democrats who have stolen from us this time, presumably it’s “fairness.”

Another way to state this is..