A direct quote from Judd Gregg yesterday on the PBS News Hour yesterday (speaking about the debt commission) : "Everything has to be on the table: entitlements, taxes..."
Two things:
One, it's amazing how conventional this idea has become. Judy Woodruff just listens to what he says and moves on. Kent Conrad, who is also on the program, doesn't say anything either.
Letting Republicans frame the debt issue this way is--in no uncertain terms--fucking stupid. The public's desire for increased military spending is very low. True, there are very powerful constituencies in Washington who would scream over reducing our deficits with cuts in military spending. But they do not have broad popular support. This is another reason why the President's proposed spending freeze which specifically exempts national defense spending cannot really be taken seriously.
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