Comments on: Exposing the Absurdity of Washington’s Anti-Sequester Hysteria

By: White House’s political motivated chicanery with the FAA | The Daily Hatch

White House’s political motivated chicanery with the FAA | The Daily Hatch — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:10:38 +0000

[...] To be more specific, the net effect of the sequester is that the burden of government spending grows by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather than $2.5 trillion. [...]

By: Privatization Is the Best Response to the FAA’s Deliberate Attempt to Inconvenience Air Passengers | International Liberty

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:53:30 +0000

[...] To be more specific, the net effect of the sequester is that the burden of government spending grows by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather than $2.5 trillion. [...]

By: Dear Senator Pryor, here are some spending cut suggestions (“Thirsty Thursday”, Open letter to Senator Pryor, cartoon included) | The Daily Hatch

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:28:28 +0000

[...] if for no other reason that it calls attention to the fact that people are myopically fixating on a very small sequester while ignoring a giant long-run entitlement [...]

By: Dear Senator Pryor, here are some spending cut suggestions (“Thirsty Thursday”, Open letter to Senator Pryor, cartoons included) | The Daily Hatch

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:51:39 +0000

[...] The sequester is a good thing, albeit too small. [...]

By: President Obama will not cut spending ever it appears | The Daily Hatch

President Obama will not cut spending ever it appears | The Daily Hatch — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:00:03 +0000

[...] This appears almost as an afterthought in the Washington Post article, but it should be the lead story. The White House wants to get rid of a policy that genuinely limits the growth of spending. [...]

By: The Ryan Budget: Is Returning to Clinton-Era Levels of Fiscal Restraint Really Asking too Much? | International Liberty

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:04:35 +0000

[...] I look at the Ryan budget in the same way I look at sequestration – as a very modest step to curtail the growth of government. Sort of a rear-guard action to [...]

By: Dear Senator Pryor, here are some spending cut suggestions (“Thirsty Thursday”, Open letter to Senator Pryor, cartoon included) | The Daily Hatch

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:50:50 +0000

[...] I shared a couple of amusing sequester cartoons the other day, and I’ve previously written about the absurdity of anti-sequester hysteria in Washington when all it means is that the federal budget will grow by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather than $2.5 trillion. [...]

By: My Heart Breaks and Tears Flow When I Read about Sequestration Being a Big Defeat for Lobbyists | International Liberty

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:29:35 +0000

[...] that we’ve achieved is a tiny reduction in the growth of federal spending (the budget will be $2.4 trillion bigger in 10 years rather than $2.5 trillion bigger). But a journey of many trillions of dollars begins with a first [...]

By: Another funny sequester cartoon from Dan Mitchell’s blog | The Daily Hatch

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:37:38 +0000

[...] to sequestration, which (gasp!) slightly slows the growth of the federal budget so that it is only $2.4 trillion bigger 10 years from now rather than $2.5 trillion [...]

By: As Humorously Explained by Henry Payne, the World Amazingly Didn’t End When Uncle Sam Got Put on a Sequester Diet | International Liberty

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:50:25 +0000

[...] to sequestration, which (gasp!) slightly slows the growth of the federal budget so that it is only $2.4 trillion bigger 10 years from now rather than $2.5 trillion [...]

By: Challenge for Keynesian Anti-Sequester Hysterics, Part I: Why Did Canada’s Economy Boom When the Burden of Spending Was Sharply Reduced? | lessbull.com

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:07:57 +0000

[...] In this appearance on Canadian TV, I debunk anti-sequester hysteria, pointing out that “automatic budget cuts” merely restrain government so that it grows $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather than $2.5 trillion. [...]

By: Why Did Canada’s Economy Boom When the Burden of Spending Was Sharply Reduced? « OBAMA-B-GONEOBAMA-B-GONE

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:28:47 +0000

By: Obama makes me long for the good ole days when the economy was expanding | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:13:03 +0000

[...] that a modest reduction in the growth of government (under the sequester, the federal government will grow $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather than $2.5 trillion) will somehow hurt the [...]

By: Challenge for Keynesian Anti-Sequester Hysterics: Why Did America’s Economy Boom When Reagan and Clinton Reduced the Burden of Spending? | International Liberty

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:30:45 +0000

By: Sequester Cartoons from Dan Mitchell’s blog Part 4 | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:09:47 +0000

[...] to end because spending is going to be “slashed” by 1.2 percent, which means – gasp! – that spending will “only” grow by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 [...]

By: Thomas Sowell Exposes Dishonest Budgetary Scare Tactics and Cartoonists Mock Obama’s Hysteria | International Liberty

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:34:52 +0000

[...] is going to be “slashed” by 1.2 percent, which means – gasp! – that spending will “only” grow by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 [...]

By: Challenge for Keynesian Anti-Sequester Hysterics: Why Did Canada’s Economy Boom When the Burden of Spending Was Sharply Reduced? | International Liberty

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:43:35 +0000

By: The “sequester” doesn’t cut spending at all | Fifth Estate

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:31:17 +0000

[...] If there is one explanation for why the equity market is rising despite the onset of what those on the left are calling a draconian cut in goverment spending, it is that the “sequester” that was triggered the other day doesn’t cut spending at all. It merely slows the growth of government spending by a tiny amount. Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute did a good job of illustrating this in a post a month ago, titled “Exposing the Absurdity of Washington’s Anti-Sequester Hysteria.” [...]

By: We got to starve the beast and not increase taxes (includes editorial cartoon) | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:16:54 +0000

[...] Republicans did “defy his wishes” and it’s the worst possible outcome for the President. The growth of spending is being slowed and taxes are not going [...]

By: Obama Suffers a Painful Loss in the First Big Fiscal Battle of His Second Term | International Liberty

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:19:09 +0000

[...] did “defy his wishes” and it’s the worst possible outcome for the President. The growth of spending is being slowed and taxes are not going [...]

By: Shed a Tear for those Under-Appreciated Bureaucrats Who Get Lavish Pensions and Live in $700K Homes « OBAMA-B-GONEOBAMA-B-GONE

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:00:50 +0000

[...] think that a 1.2 percent reduction in overall spending for the current fiscal year (which means the federal budget would still be larger than it was last year) represents a “sledgehammer of budget [...]

By: Let’s Shed a Tear for Under-Appreciated Bureaucrats | lessbull.com

Let’s Shed a Tear for Under-Appreciated Bureaucrats | lessbull.com — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:52:32 +0000

By: Let’s Shed a Tear for those Under-Appreciated Bureaucrats Who Get Lavish Pensions and Live in $700K Homes | International Liberty

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:15:09 +0000

By: If You Outlaw Tanks, only Outlaws Will Have Tanks | International Liberty

If You Outlaw Tanks, only Outlaws Will Have Tanks | International Liberty — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:21:26 +0000

[...] the jaws of victory, and I’ve been busy on Capitol Hill talking to folks about the issue, but this post already says everything you need to know about that [...]

By: Sequester Cartoons from Dan Mitchell’s blog Part 3 | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:54:26 +0000

[...] The sequester is a good thing, albeit too small. [...]

By: Excellent Sequester Cartoons | International Liberty

Excellent Sequester Cartoons | International Liberty — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:31:57 +0000

[...] The sequester is a good thing, albeit too small. [...]

By: How The Sequester Will Be Used Politically | Proud American Capitalist

How The Sequester Will Be Used Politically | Proud American Capitalist — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:58:14 +0000

[...] Exposing the Absurdity of Washington’s Anti-Sequester Hysteria [...]

By: The Sequester is a Good Thing! | God's Word for Women

The Sequester is a Good Thing! | God's Word for Women — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:25:19 +0000

[...] is utter bunk. I would like to “slash vital programs,” but the chart I prepared earlier this week shows that the federal budget will expand by $2.4 trillion if a sequester [...]

By: CPAC Again, Alas — IGF Culture Watch

CPAC Again, Alas — IGF Culture Watch — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:42:36 +0000

[...] favor fiscal sanity into the arms of those who support Obama’s spending frenzy and grotesque budgetary fear-mongering. And without a fiscally conservative, socially liberal center, that pain is just going to keep [...]

By: Earth to New York Times: Please Show Us these “Deep Spending Cuts” You Keep Writing About | International Liberty

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:53:07 +0000

[...] for the umpteenth time, here are the actual numbers from the Congressional Budget Office showing what will happen to spending over the next 10 years if we have a [...]