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the thing that amazes me about republicans who claim to be deficit hawks:

first, they want to increase spending on the military.

second, they are going after the president for what they describe as "cutting" medicare.

"i hate the deficit. i want to increase spending [on defence]. i am mad that the president is cutting costs [on social programmes]."

hmmm. deficits arise from the excess of expenditures over income.

how do you square that circle?

via tax cuts!!

reducing revenue increases it, they say. huzzah!

the mind truly boggles.




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By: Cactus Flower
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Fri, 24 Aug 12 7:02 PM
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Another one. This is Bill Maher. On paper.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/todd-akin-republicans_b_1826617.html

excerpt: "Republicans would like to pretend like Congressman Akin's substitution of superstition for science is a lone problem but it's not: they're all magical thinkers, on nearly every issue. They don't get their answers on climate change from climatologists, they get them from the Book of Genesis. Hence Sharia Law in America is a dire threat, and global warming a hoax.

Or take the issue that consumes the right these days, our sea of red ink: Republicans are united in their fervent desire to reduce the deficit, but they want to do it in some magical fashion that doesn't involve raising taxes or cutting any spending. When given a choice in polls between these two options, a majority or Republicans check "none of the above" as a way to reduce the deficit. That's like deciding to pay off your student loans by daydreaming.

Or as it's known on Capitol Hill, supply-side economics. Remember that magic beans theory? That you actually bring in more revenue by bringing in less? Ronald Reagan believed it. But at least back in the '80's it was new. The thing is, we tried it, and it doesn't work. Yet, Paul Ryan, who every shit-for-brains pundit in America keeps telling us is a "serious" guy, still believes in the supply-side theory. All the Republicans do. They all believe in something that both science and history have shown to be pure fantasy. The symbol for their party shouldn't be an elephant -- it should be a unicorn."


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