Wednesday, February 16, 2011

So. Be. It.

From Kos, through Milbank at WaPo:
Well, Mr. Speaker, I do. I checked with budget expert Scott Lilly of the Center for American Progress, and, using the usual multipliers, he calculated that the cuts - a net of $59 billion in the last half of fiscal 2011 - would lead to the loss of 650,000 government jobs, and the indirect loss of 325,000 more jobs as fewer government workers travel and buy things. That's nearly 1 million jobs - possibly enough to tip the economy back into recession.
We're so broke that Boehner's response to government job losses is "so be it." We're not so broke that the Speaker will take a fat, juicy, piece of lard for his district. No, his pork is good. Your government job is bad. As though you won't suffer the same when you're unemployed, or we won't pay you the same unemployment.

Worst.Speaker.Ever.

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