squashed: theheritagefoundation: You decide. Hey Heritage? Can we make a deal? I’ll back a cut to Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the same percentage that you back a cut to the military industrial complex. Alternatively, can we agree to limit increases in military spending over the current sequestration amounts to the amount of money we spend on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting? I care a whole lot more about the military budget cuts. We spend way too much on our military—and the idea that we can’t reduce military spending even after a war ends is absurd. Comparing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting budget with the military budget as if the two are even remotely close to each other is a pretty good sign that neither Heritage nor Romney is serious about the deficit reduction talk. Considering THF’s phrasing, it’s tough to answer this one. The reality is that I care a lot about cuts to the guy on the right - because we should be cutting the military budget by 50-55%. Think that’s too drastic? It’s about what we were spending in 2002 even accounting for inflation. I care about making those cuts very deeply and think we should probably strive for a Defense budget cut of 66%. But I also care about cuts to the bird on the left, because budget cuts to education and information programming are just about the worst cuts you could ever make. It’s laughable that we’re even entertaining the thought of cutting social services while still having to argue against a “mandatory” 5-7% yearly increase in defense spending, but I guess when facts are antithetical to the existence of your political party, you attack facts wherever you can.
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You decide.

Hey Heritage? Can we make a deal? I’ll back a cut to Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the same percentage that you back a cut to the military industrial complex. Alternatively, can we agree to limit increases in military spending over the current sequestration amounts to the amount of money we spend on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?

I care a whole lot more about the military budget cuts. We spend way too much on our military—and the idea that we can’t reduce military spending even after a war ends is absurd. Comparing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting budget with the military budget as if the two are even remotely close to each other is a pretty good sign that neither Heritage nor Romney is serious about the deficit reduction talk.

Considering THF’s phrasing, it’s tough to answer this one. The reality is that I care a lot about cuts to the guy on the right - because we should be cutting the military budget by 50-55%. Think that’s too drastic? It’s about what we were spending in 2002 even accounting for inflation. I care about making those cuts very deeply and think we should probably strive for a Defense budget cut of 66%.

But I also care about cuts to the bird on the left, because budget cuts to education and information programming are just about the worst cuts you could ever make. It’s laughable that we’re even entertaining the thought of cutting social services while still having to argue against a “mandatory” 5-7% yearly increase in defense spending, but I guess when facts are antithetical to the existence of your political party, you attack facts wherever you can.

Source: theheritagefoundation

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