Mike Luckovich: Budget Cuts

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Posted on Feb 16, 2011

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By Potent_Placebo, February 17, 2011 at 3:18 pm Link to this comment
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“Disretionary” spending? Am I the only one who noticed this misspelling?

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By Travis McGee, February 17, 2011 at 11:48 am Link to this comment
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Mike,
The Social Security fund has nothing to do with the budget deficit. Surely you know this. Why are you including it with defense and discretionary spending. You suck.

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By Rob, February 17, 2011 at 6:42 am Link to this comment
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Except discretionary spending is almost exactly the same size as each of those other three; only discretionary spending doesn’t fund one mammoth program but a variety of lesser programs like the Department of Education or the EPA so it’s rather more like a herd of large cattle than a single animal.

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By john from ojai, February 17, 2011 at 12:19 am Link to this comment
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Only one of those elephants kills innocent civilians, benefits corporations more than people,is the major creator of new “terrorists”, and is the major reason our country is economically and spiritually bankrupt.

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