By Dave Anderson:
Kevin Drum has the quote of the week:
It's [budget deal and the super duper Congressional committee's cuts] a shit sandwich no matter how you look at it. And it's a shit sandwich in at least two very specific ways: (1) It means we'll continue to live in a fantasyland that says we don't need any tax increases even though our population is aging and we're plainly going to need higher revenues to support this demographic reality; and (2) we'll continue to live in a fantasyland that says our problems are primarily caused by discretionary spending. This is, of course, exactly the opposite of reality, which means we're going to screw the poor and do nothing serious about the long-term deficit. Nice work, adults.
Ignoring reality is a dangerous game as reality will overwhelm the best PR spin over the intermediate to long term.
Exactly.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, check Twitter hashtag #satansandwich."
The neologism came from a fourth-term Democrat.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said early reports of the new deal appeared to be �a sugar-coated Satan sandwich.� The Missouri Democrat said the CBC hadn�t yet made a formal declaration that the group would oppose it, �but this is a shady bill.�