Should Republican House members be called out for their blatant scare tactics shown by the new proposed budget cuts?
I find rhetoric of the political variety particularly disdainful, regardless of what side of the aisle it comes from.
However, the Republican Study Committee has released a sheet of new budget cuts covering the next several years. Despite claims that everything was on the table for cutting, no single cut to the bloated defense or SS budgets has been made.
Instead, the bulk of the cuts have been made by simply slashing hundreds of programs in the arts, science, and education. Many cuts were made in programs researching alternative energy sources.
In my opinion, this is an affront to the American people in two ways: (1) it does not even pretend the cuts are an attempt to put forward a realistic program that anyone on the left will take seriously, and (2) it basically just crosses off programs wholesale instead of looking at real drains…which anyone could have done.
Presenting this is an embarrassment, to the point where it seems like it may even be a ploy.
What do others think? Am I overreacting? Is there a balance here that I’m missing?
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