The Fallacy of ‘Spending Cuts’

Good article. NOW is the time to bite the bullet and it would be grand to see some really stiff spines in our Congress, but most of them belong to those wanting to spend every penny we can earn for another century. I found a good article at
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/13/obamas-default-drama/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

Within that article are the following paragraphs:

So if the debt ceiling does not go up, the government would have to cut back by about $150 billion a month but still would have money to cover the essential bills. After paying seniors, the military and interest, the feds still would have about $46 billion to spread around. That?s about $140 billion less than Democrats insist on spending, but they?re refusing to make further cuts without increasing taxes.

Republicans were afraid to shut down the government when the stakes were low during budget talks earlier this year. They need to take a stand now and force Democrats to choose between putting the government on a massive $1 trillion crash diet or accepting modest, permanent reforms to the entitlement programs that are bankrupting this country.