A Comedy of Errors?
P. Schultz
February 25, 2013
Well,
folks, here it is: A report of another one of those ‘blunders’ by our
president.
“With Congress unlikely to stop deep
automatic spending cuts that will strike hard at the military, the fiscal stalemate
is highlighting a significant shift in the Republican Party: lawmakers
most keenly dedicated to shrinking the size of government are now more dominant
than the bloc committed foremost to a robust national defense, particularly in
the House.
“That reality also underscores what
Republicans, and some Democrats, say was a major miscalculation on the part of President Obama. He agreed to set
up the automatic cuts 18 months ago because he believed the threat of sharp
reductions in military spending would be enough to force Republicans to agree
to a deficit reduction plan that included the tax increases he favored.”
Of
course, this “analysis” assumes that this “major miscalculation” does not serve
Obama’s interests in preserving the status quo while sticking it to most
Americans by taking away their retirement money and their health care money, to
say nothing of other “reductions” or “adjustments.” And, further, the article
makes no mention of the possibility that restoring the “defense” cuts will be
far easier – and far easier to disguise and hide – than restoring other cuts. I
mean, come on, with the president able to, “at a stroke,” create a “national
security crisis,” I will wager anyone that any cuts to the “defense” budget
will be temporary – and both the president and the Republicans know this.
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