I think the real reason why the Left and Right in this country can't get along is that they aren't even talking about the same Universe.
Progressive models point out our wars and Federal tax cuts when describing the explosive growth of debt in our country since the turn of the century.
Then there is the Tea Party. I'll be honset, I like their Pie Chart. I'll always take a pie chart over a bunch of words on the screen or shaky looking two-dimensional charts. Their breakdown therefore, looks a lot more complete. But I'm left with a lot of questions. First, they don't even list the wars, they just lump it into Defense. Defense doesn't even look like all that much money when put into perspective of the whole budget. Really though, that's not as big an issue as the other seemingly non-existent data....
Where did the tax cuts go?? Wasn't that a massive contributor to our debt?? I don't even see tax cuts? Did it get put into pensions?? Welfare?? What are the Progressives talking about with all the tax cut contribution to debt?? Based on their charts, it's the single largest contributor by far, but I don't even see it listed in the budget pie chart the Tea Party provides. Their website doesn't even mention a tax cut.
Why doesn't the Federal Government provide their own pie chart??
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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