>Have to scramble the air wing.
>Nathan's doing budget numbers . . .
Max, you are very patronizing in your area of expertise- something most people on LBO usually try to avoid. Especially since you didn't really find anything wrong with my basic point, which is that means-tested spending increased not only with inflation but kept pace with the growth in GDP. Considering this was done in the face of a GOP Congress which had proposals to slash that spending far more, it is not an inconsiderable accomplishment, especially since the GOP now has the opportunity to do so without a Presidential veto in the way. And if it doesn't happen, it will be because there is a Democratic filibuster to stop them.
Charles's argument that there is no social spending left to cut is just plain wrong and dangerously wrong if people fail to see that political mobilization is needed to preserve the aid that is still important for countless people around the country.
-- Nathan Newman