Does Anyone Do Math Anymore?
Much is being made on the left (and fear is surfacing on the right) about the fact that the (actually nonexistent) Baucus bill would decrease the deficit by some $81 billion over ten years.
The same CBO that scored that concept – not a bill – projected the Obama deficit at $9.2 TRILLION over ten years.
That is a whopping 8.8% reduction. Not hardly anything to write home to mom about.
And the projections are based on a bill (or rather a description of a bill, not the actual language) that is not law and has not yet been tinkered with by other “improvements” to it during the conference process.
This is smoke. This is not any form of real savings. It is not a “savings” at all – it is a minor reduction in an appalling deficit.
Apparently, math is hard. Let me try to simplify this a bit. No, $81 billion is not ‘way better than $9,2 trillion. Even though one number is 81 and the other is 9.2.
What the heck is a savings of a small percentage of a deficit going to do to create any jobs in this country (other than for bureaucrats who will leech off this country for untold years to come)? What is a “savings” of some money we didn’t have not spent on something we didn’t need going to do to get you back the freedoms that are being surrendered to this kind of autocracy?
An 8.8% reduction in a horrendus deficit - is that the cost of your freedom?
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