« Today's (Real) U.S. Misery Index | Main | Palm Sunday »
April 16, 2011
Jon Stewart On Obama's Budget Speech
Topics: Political News and commentariesJohn Stewart cuts right down to the quick of Obama's April 13th speech on deficit reduction, noting two important points. One, it was poor statesmanship to invite Ryan to the speech and then excoriate him and his plan, live and in person. Second, Stewart aptly calls Obama's phrase "spending reductions in the tax code" rather Orwellian in nature and points out that taxes are collected, it's not where we spend.
What? "Spending reductions in the tax code"? The tax code isn't where we spend, it's where we collect, and that ... . ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I guess what you said is tax "code", code for raising taxes. You managed to talk about a tax hike as a spending reduction. Can we afford that and the royalty checks you're going to have to send to George Orwell? That's the weirdest way of ... just say "tax hike"! That's like saying, "I'm not going on a diet, I'm going to add calories to my excluded food intake!"
Even Stewart "gets it" ... one would think that Obama could too.
Hat tip - Machiavellian
Posted by Richard at April 16, 2011 9:35 PM
Articles Related to Political News and commentaries:
- Jon Stewart On Obama's Budget Speech - Apr 16, 2011
