Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: Just in case you think ‘AT LEAST THOSE 40% CUTS WILL REALLY HELP’

CATO:

Republicans are considering a surrender on taxes because they are afraid that a deadlock will lead to a sequester, which would mean automatic budget savings. And the sequester, according to these politicians, would “cut” the budget too severely.

But as the chart illustrates, that is utter nonsense.

There are only budget cuts if you use dishonest Washington budget math, which magically turns spending increases into spending cuts simply because the burden of government isn’t expanding even faster.

If we use honest math, we can see what this debate is really about. Should we raise taxes so that government spending can grow by more than $2 trillion over the next 10 years?

Or should we have a sequester so that the burden of federal spending climbs by “only” $2 trillion?

The fact that this is even an issue tells us a lot about whether the GOP has purged itself of the big-government virus of the Bush years.

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Only GROWTH can solve this dilemma.

What strategies can the govt take in order to engender long term growth …NOT A BUNCH OF NUMBERS REPRESENTING A GOOD QUARTER FOR FINANCIAL FIRMS WHICH DON’T DO A DAMN THING NI THE REAL WORLD.

What’s the real world?