How will the Repubs (and Blue Dogs) respond to increases in spending for Afghanistan?
… and how did they respond to other expenses? Especially, how will they
respond to comparably lower cost of Health Care? This from Truthsite.org:
Conservatives’ (including Blue Dogs’) selective concern about deficit spending
Program
Cost
Conservative response
War in Iraq
$3 trillion
“No problem!”
Bush tax cuts for the rich
$1.8 – $2.5 trillion
“No problem!”
Bush bailouts
$9 – $24 trillion
“No problem!”
Military budget
$650 billion/year(about the same as the rest of the world combined)
“No problem!”
“Public option” health care
$1.1 trillion over 10 years*
“It’s not revenue neutral!”
Single payer health care
Would save money, improve care
“It’s socialism!”
*According to the Congressional Budget Office, the health care reform bill passed by the House in November, 2009 actually saves $11 billion annually. See Deficit hawks attacking the wrong prey.
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