Your absolutely correct the real battle is the 2012 budget.
I took it as a challenge to show how convoluted where the actual cuts come from.
Which lead to the problem of accountability If we cannot determine what got cut and by how much. How do we the voter assign blame when the cuts don't materialize
If we cannot determine what got cut and by how much. How do we the voter assign blame when the cuts don't materialize?
Now *that* is a question *no one* is asking. What measure do we use to determine if we've reached our desired end point?
I prefer the expenditures and taxes as a percent of GDP method for a number of reasons. If you look at history, you will see that Bush wasn't as bad as we thought, and Obama as bad as we think.
