The Republican Party is ingeniously allowing ordinary people like you and me to vote on the government expenses we want them to cut. They’re calling it “YouCut [1].”
Get it? It’s like “youTube.”
Only dumber.
There’s only a few minor problems with this gimmick — much in the way Lawrence Taylor has only a few minor problems.
First, the Republicans don’t have the votes in Congress to even call for a coffee break — let alone to actually cut something.
Second, even if you added up every item on their ballot, it would still only amount [2] to 0.16% of the $3.8 trillion-dollar federal budget.
How stupid do the Republicans think we are?
Don’t answer that. It’s a trick question.
As there seems to be a few items left off their ballot, perhaps we should add a few programs; or, should I say, cut a few programs:
- Wars [3] ($130 billion)
- Department of Homeland Security [4] ($42.7 billion)
- DEA [5] ($2.3 billion)
- YouCut (priceless)
And this is just a start. We could add Fannie Mae, the FCC, and about half the federal departments; and if you keep adding, suddenly we’re approaching a balanced budget. With maybe even a little left over to help some people.
How’s that for a gimmick?
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