The Pain of 2 Pennies

Townhall.com ^ | February 24, 2013 | Tim Phillips

[Principled]

These aren’t cuts.

The sequester only slows the growth.

[MulberryDraw]

Never mind that these cuts amount to just 2 cents on every dollar

and never mind that the cuts aren't even cuts.

[Principled]

The gov’t won’t be shrinking - it will only be growing less fast!

THe sequester is not a “cut” it’s a reduction in growth rate.

[rovenstinez]

Obama’s legacy, his unique outstanding feature is a trail of DEBT, deficit and despair. I wonder how he sleeps at night.

[Tau Food]

How can there be any real cuts. Everyone acknowledges that we need to cut the "entitlement" programs like Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid, but I can't name one politician in either party that has demanded we cut any current benefits in any of these entitlement programs. When we will hear a Congressman or Senator say we should cut current Medicare benefits by 10%, or Social Security checks by 20%, etc. If no one will demand specific cuts, how can anyone expect specific cuts to ever happen? No one is representing the taxpayer.

[runfree]

If we are all expected to survive on 2% less (the recent tax increase), why can’t the government?

[Kaslin]

excellent point

[Vaduz]

American people are finally immune to liberals using these threats and fears.
Obama’s snake oil road show calling for more taxes is in full fail mode,EO’s to ensue.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The aren't even cuts.

Baseline budgeting - the scam that keeps on scamming.

[upchuck]

Everyone acknowledges that we need to cut the "entitlement" programs like Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid...

Sorry, but I have to take issue with this.

I worked hard all my life and paid into Medicare and Social Security. Now that I am retired, I expect that money to be paid back to me. You could say that I am "entitled" to that.

Medicaid, on the other hand, is 100% pure handout. Takers making off with the cash from the makers. No one is "entitled" to Medicaid. Medicaid is right in there among all the other 100% pure handouts: "free" nobama phones, "free" food stamps, "free" heating assistance, "free" housing assistance, "free" daycare, "free" money (yes, the government hands out your money to the takers), etc, ad nauseam.

That's thousands of dollars per year of our wealth redistributed to the takers.

You wanna cut something, cut some of that. See the tag.

[exDemMom]

However, the President’s definition of “cuts” relies on creative accounting that would make Bernie Madoff blush.

This kind of accounting is awesome and wonderful.

I planned to buy a Lamborghini. Yep, I really did. But then I got to thinking about ways to save money, and decided to buy a PT Cruiser instead. I saved over $400,000 with that one easy step. I can buy a really nice house with all that money I saved!

Never mind little details like the fact that the $400,000 never existed to begin with... our politicians certainly don't concern themselves with nitpicking details like that.