... so can I:
"Deficit reduction" doesn't mean deficit reduction. It means welfare state reduction, period. Military spending is sacred --- like the right to pack heat in church and gas guzzling. It is non-negotiable.Update (6/18): Yet again, deficit hawks on anything that doesn't benefit their wealthy corporate sponsors...
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Yes you can.
Did you intend to add something? Or are you simply confirming that conservatives don't really care about the deficit? They just don't want the government to spend money at home - even if that makes life better for everyone.
I was merely affirming you were right to say that you could repeat digby. Also, you were right to state that deficit reduction does not always mean deficit reduction. Every politician and every party has his/her pet projects and sacred cows. That's all I meant.
The truth is, there is a difference in opinion over the utility and morality of some of the things we spend money on. Some are necessary, and some aren't, but we argue over which ones to cut and which to keep. It's not that conservatives (or liberals, for that matter) don't care about the deficit.
Conservatives don't care about the deficit when the money is being spent the way they want it to be spent. When it's spent the way liberals want it to be spent, then the deficit is an existential crisis for America. The big media believes them anyway.
Liberals are more reasonable, as always. We acknowledge that deficits matter, but we don't put them first on our list of important public policy goals.
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