Deficit hawks attacking the wrong prey

Seattle Times by David Sirota | Nov. 16, 2009 (Opinion)

When the House considered a health care expansion proposal that the CBO says will reduce the deficit by $11 billion a year, tea-party protesters and Congress' self-described "fiscal conservatives" opposed it on cost grounds. At the same time, almost none of them objected when Congress passed a White House-backed bill to spend $636 billion on defense in 2010.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 16, 2009

Sirota artfully focuses the hypocrisy spotlight upon deficit hawks in congress and the press.

One clear answer is values — or lack thereof. In our militaristic culture, we are taught to prioritize Pentagon spending over everything else. More »

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