As I now understand it, the budget deficit and the national debt are a huge national crisis, which threaten our future and our very way of life, if the proposal on the table is:
- Aid to the unemployed
- American infrastructure
- Jobs for teachers, firefighters, and police officers
- Retirement security
- Investment in a new U.S. energy policy
- Access to affordable health care for America's families
- Quality public schools and student loans
- Transportation, public works, research and development, childcare, and food stamps
On the other hand, the budget deficit and the national debt are utterly meaningless, and shouldn't even be considered, if the proposal on the table is:
- Tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires
- War
- Infrastructure in Iraq
- an expanded government role in health care through Medicare Part D
- an expanded government role in education through No Child Left Behind
What do you say, Republicans and Tea Partiers? Do I have this about right?
Thursday, September 9, 2010
"The budget deficit and the national debt are a huge national crisis, which threaten our future and our very way of life"
Of course with the following caveats, by Steven Benen:
