$38 BILLION? THE $19 BILLION LIE

SPECIAL POST

Now that the so-called $38 billion budget deal has been "approved," but not passed, the inevitable fact that the figures are wrong is leaking out.   As it turns out, they are counting money that was being saved, anyway.  Here's how it works.

Let's suppose that there was an earmark a few years ago for $50 million to build a monument to Loretta Lynn in Nashville, and the townspeople decided not to build the monument after all.  So, the money has been sitting there n a special account, waiting for something to happen; it will never be spent and should be released back into Federal coffers.  Well, the spin doctors just found it and took it back and claimed that as part of the $38 billion in budget savings.  It's no savings at all.

There were about $19 billion in "budget savings" that were simply such an accounting gimmick.  Whether or not Boehner knew about it is not known at this point, but the Democrats certainly did. 

I'm madder than a wet hen.  I suspected this would be the case, or some similar scenario, because when Obama and his Democrat thugs are involved, you can never trust a thing they say and figures always lie.  

Once again, we Americans have been snookered and the budget deficit is really no closer to getting fixed today than it was last November when we raised holy hell. 

So, what are we going to do about it?  Are you getting really angry yet? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.