Tuesday, February 15, 2011

#forthatmatter


Why does the deficit suddenly become a matter of extreme importance under a democratic president? I see no compelling reason why the deficit is a clear and present danger now, compared to, oh, any time in the Bush presidency. For that matter, I don't see why anyone let's the Republicans forget that most of the current deficit would have been corrected by letting the Bush tax cuts expire when they were supposed to. This happened 2 months ago, it's not ancient history.

I just don't understand the odd deference to Republicans on matters of war and economics. They've been profoundly wrong and hypocritical on both matters (see Iraq and "Curveball" as well as exploding deficits under Reagan and both Bush's) and no one seems to notice. I'm all for an antagonistic press, I'd just rather they not lose their nerve entirely when a republican strides into a room and announces himself as a big daddy who must not be questioned. There are other responses to that other than meek obedience people. Outright laughter for instance.



1 comment:

  1. Anonymous5:51 AM

    Same thing is happening in Australia, Our deficit is very low by world standards and yet our "republicans" are obsessed with the "high" levels of debt that the govt "democrats" is driven to have a surplus budget. Its really quite silly when we have had several floods and cyclones that have devastated some communities which need to be rebuilt or have their infrastructure restored.
    Matt

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