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Off balance; Editorial; Beaver County Times; March 5, 2010. (There’s no link to the subject editorial because it appeared only in the Times print edition.)
This editorial gives us personal attacks and factual inaccuracies but no cogent thought. The reason? While the Times felt compelled to bash Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY), it also needed to avoid a rational discussion of this issue at all cost to hide its hypocrisy.
The editorial told us of “a $10 billion spending bill.” The bill was $15 billion, of which $10 billion was unfunded. This is the crux of the matter. For a summary of the situation, please read my critique of “Obama’s critics are silent on Bunning.”
Earlier this year we read Times editorials (“Concrete steps,” “Under control”) singing the praises of a “Pay-Go” law and how it was crucial to eliminate deficit spending. Now, when Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) attempted to force Congress to obey the Democrats’ new “Pay-Go” law, a law the Times tells us is critical to controlling deficits and our debt, the Times refers to him as “a petty dictator” and “the crazy uncle in the Senate attic.” I referred to the law as “the Democrats’ new ‘Pay-Go’ law” because not one Republican voted for it.
What’s missing from the editorial? Even a passing mention of “Pay-Go” and Democrat hypocrisy in passing a law with great fanfare and then immediately violating that law.
The editorial concludes by telling us “millions of jobless Americans were needlessly hurt.” Not true. The subject bill (H.R. 4691) was signed into law on March 2nd, just two days after previous funding ended. No one was hurt or lost any money, except for taxpayers.
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