Comments on: Lots of hype, few actual spending cuts http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/41525 The oldest political news site on the Internet because nobody's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: egc52556 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/41525/comment-page-1#comment-168478 egc52556 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:22:33 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=41525#comment-168478 I don’t know that Reid’s plan is a “ploy” at all. When everybody talks about the budget and the deficit, they include the war costs. Why shouldn’t everybody include the savings from the drawdown when they are looking at reductions?

If I say, “I owe $100 and need to only owe $70,” why shouldn’t I be able to say, “Well, $15 of the $100 is going away anyway.”? The end result is I’m $15 closer to $70 than I was at the beginning of the conversation.

Right?

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