Saturday, April 16, 2011

Budget Battle, Budget Prattle

Dissecting Leftism
April 16, 2011
By Jonah Goldberg

I cannot remember a more depressing week in Washington. The Republicans boasted a heroic accomplishment: slashing $38.5 billion from the budget, purportedly the largest cuts in history. But the cake was made from sawdust. Strip away the gimmicks and shine a light on the shadows, and it turns out the real cuts amounted to $352 million, or less than 1 percent of what was promised.

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