I know we all know this, but it's still worth the regular restatement. Nobody cares about the deficit. The greatest threat to our economy was the deficit, until we had a surplus, and then suddenly the greatest threat to the economy was the surplus. It's mostly not about spending cuts, though Republicans do want poor people to suffer a bit more, overall we're not talking about much money (doesn't take a very big cut to make poor people suffer more). It's just about cutting taxes for rich people. The end.
