A key reason that Congressional Republicans have been able to get away with holding our government hostage is that theyve been able to trick many Americans into thinking that federal government spending on domestic priorities is out of control, while these same Republicans have diverted public attention from the bloated Pentagon budget. Mainstream media have enabled these Congressional Republicans by failing to put budget numbers in context. If the New York Times tells you that we’re spending $15 billion on foreign aid or $400 million on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which funds PBS and NPR) without putting those numbers in context, you might think thats a lot of money. But in the context of the Pentagons half a trillion dollar annual budget, these numbers are chump change.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:19:17 +0000
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