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To: bushwon

“2.8 TRILLION?!?!?
WTH?!?!?!”

Harry Reid figured out a way recently to tack on another couple hundred billion in phony “cuts” by playing a new game with the 2011 baseline.

Obama gets his debt ceiling hike, Americans get the shaft.


191 posted on 07/30/2011 9:30:09 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Qbert

Yup, government-speak 101—baseline budgeting. Add the extra spending from stimulus to baseline and a $900B INCREASE is CONSIDERED A CUT BY OMB?!?!?! Can’t decide if we are in Twilight Zone, 1984, Atlas Shrugged or ALL THE ABOVE :( eh, all the above!


275 posted on 07/30/2011 9:54:35 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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