tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post8069952840670949362..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: Ian Welsh Explains It All For YouChé Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-59159919845056272902011-08-04T06:58:22.523-07:002011-08-04T06:58:22.523-07:00I have long been banging the drum about all the cu...I have long been banging the drum about all the cuts that have been underway since what seems like forever now, and all the human suffering and wreckage in their wake, but unless people hear it from a "recognized authority", they don't hear it at all.<br /><br />For the most part, the "recognized" media never breathes a word about the <i>ongoingness</i> and <i>continuity</i> of the Austerity Measures.<br /><br />It's always "just starting."<br /><br />Sigh.Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-52215075547096878152011-08-04T02:42:37.494-07:002011-08-04T02:42:37.494-07:00Yo, Che,
And everyone seems to forget that we alre...Yo, Che,<br />And everyone seems to forget that we already had some HUGE cuts to all kinds of stuff (WIC, food stamps, energy assistance, Headstart, etc.) in the several debt ceiling raise "negotiations" conducted prior to this one. The extension of the Bush tax cuts was granted in exchange for a temporary agreement on the debt ceiling back in Nov. (everyone forgets that was a debt ceiling thingie) and that deal included 40 B in cuts. The debt ceiling deal in April cut another 68 B - the largest cut in current year spending in the history of the US.<br />Obama is the first President to allow the inclusion of budget cuts into discussions of raising the debt ceiling.<br />I wish the media would put down their freaking red or blue pom-poms and just tell everyone the game was over some time ago. Oh, wait, then they might have to actually do some research - never mind. <br />-Teriteri49noreply@blogger.com