Friday, January 21, 2011

GOP Political Euphemism (s) - Fast Facts #5

GOP Montra: "Cut government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels saving at least $100 billion in the first year alone"

Speaker John Boehner: "When Congress returns, we should force Washington to cut non-defense discretionary spending to 2008 levels – before the 'stimulus' was put into place," Boehner said. "This would show Washington is ready to get serious about bringing down the deficits that threaten our economy."

Factual Response: Actions have consequences. Euphesims and Platitudes sound very nice and are pleasant to hear by design. Though, the actual result of implementing the vague and misleading language is not nice or pleasant. This whale of a tale requires a response too complex for me to try replicate here and now.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has a printed document which fully demonstrates the effects of this pledge.

Open that document here.

The full web site is here

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