There's nothing about the economy that Republicans want to save. Nothing new here -- move on, move on! We've known for a long time that part of the strategy to recover the White House and the Senate is ending economic recovery.
The clear and present danger to recovery ... comes from politics — specifically, the demand from House Republicans that the government immediately slash spending on infant nutrition, disease control, clean water and more. Quite aside from their negative long-run consequences, these cuts would lead, directly and indirectly, to the elimination of hundreds of thousands of jobs — and this could short-circuit the virtuous circle of rising incomes and improving finances. ... Paul Krugman
Even those who get it are perfectly willing to let it happen. Such is the hatred and anger on the right.
Republicans have managed to come up with spending cuts that would do double duty, both undermining America’s future and threatening to abort a nascent economic recovery.
And we aren't even talking about oil prices. Yet.
