wait, what?

[kierthos]

Republicans push for a balanced budget amendment.

Why do I think they're pushing for it, only to torpedo it on some flimsy excuse, just so they can say the Democrats aren't serious about the deficit?

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[kierthos]

Hrm... you're probably right.

[mithras]

And, if it did pass, they'd use it to cut social programs after they cut taxes. After all, that loss of revenue has to be 'balanced' somewhere.

It's all about starving out the programs they don't like.