The thing is, reality just turned a corner. When forced to choose between raising taxes and cutting the military budget, Republicans in Congress chose to cut the military budget. It is likely that if Republicans in Congress are forced to confront this choice again - and it is likely that they will be so confronted - they will choose again to cut military spending, rather than raise taxes.
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Eugene Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > I won't even believe it when I see it. > Gene Coyle > On Aug 5, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Robert Naiman wrote: > > The agreement in Washington to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for > spending cuts has made a lot of people very unhappy. But the agreement had > one important positive aspect: it created a historic opportunity for > significant cuts in projected military spending. > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/a-historic-opportunity-to_1_b_918985.html > > > -- > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
