[betty boop]

FYI — if you feel like engaging in the “post mortems” re: this disgusting travesty of Congressional action....

[xzins]

We used to owe 14.2 trillion dollars. We were to “cut” some 2 trillion dollars. In less than 2 years we will owe 17.2 trillion dollars plus change. That is called “cutting spending”.

Since “cutting” is the same as “taking away”, it would read to the 3rd grade student: “14 take away 2 = 17”

And therein lies the problem.