[Guest post] Now This Is More Like it

Enough with the pointless proposals like Duck, Dodge, and Dismantle from the Republicans, or the Uncommon Denominator plan from the White House that pretends to cut a paltry 4 trillion over twelve years. Enough of this wimpy crap. Finally there's something almost reasonable on the table.

Look at the details of this awesome "Back in Black" plan. $1T from defense, check. Almost $3T from entitlements, check. $1T from tax revenue, including the elimination of ethanol subsidies, check. Raise the retirement age, of course. This is a wonderful plan. What's not to like? Well, the $9T isn't quite covering the $13T budget shortfall predicted over the next decade, but with some solid economic growth, we might be able to close the gap.

Maybe, just maybe, this plan causes enough pain to enough people that it will engender a spirit of shared sacrifice and pull us all together with a sense of civic duty to save our children from financial collapse and violent revolution. Maybe. Or maybe the sphincters of the whole congress will make a collective scrunch at the thought of cutting that much free stuff before a major election, and they'll find some lame way to duck their responsibilities yet again.

I need a back up plan, just in case.

Posted at 09:48 by Nadz   [/guest/nadz]   Comments | Perm Link |
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