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It’s About the Numbers, Not the Ideology


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Cuts are coming, and we’re better off starting now.
Sen. Jim Talent
4/8/11

As this article is written, the Republican House and the Democratic Senate are wrangling over the budget; there is a chance that the government will close down; and the president is scheduled to leave town and make a speech about energy policy in Indianapolis.

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But those debates were different than the one that is now occurring. In the past, the argument was about political philosophy. The Left believed that more government spending would make our society better and our economy stronger. The Right believed the opposite: that the size of government had reached a point of diminishing returns, so that reducing the burden of government would make everyone better off.

This debate is different. It’s not over what Washington should do. It’s over when and how Washington will do what it must do.
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The question is will John Boehner have the stones to to do the right thing, or will when push comes to shove will he...blink...again.
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His analogy of standing in the middle of a train track with a train approaching at high speed is a good one. You WILL move, either before the train hits you or after.

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