Deficit misdirection

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Dick Cheney rose from his crypt this morning for no other reason than to take food from mouths of babes, medicine from the aged. A fine day's work.

The measure, the product of a year's labors by the White House and the GOP in Congress, imposes the first restraints in nearly a decade in federal benefit programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and student loans.

Puhlease. For the AP writer to write that this represents some sort of "fiscal restraint" when more goodies for the rich are the priority for the start of the year is inane. Wouldn't it make sense to provide some context, such as stacking the cuts of medicare against the spending increases made possible by the Highway bill earlier this year?

Republicans think we are either stupid or amnesiacs. AP writers like Andrew Taylor help them make sure that's the case.