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Fiscal conservative: We need to cut from the budget! Government: OK... How about farm subsidies? *Moves giant pair of scissors and is about to cut farm subsidies* Fiscal conservative: No, no, no, no, NO! Something else! Government: OK... How about abstinence education, millions of dollars to teach kids HIV can be spread through sweat ain't accurate and research has said it's not effective, right? *Moves giant pair of scissors and is about to cut spending for abstinence education* Fiscal conservative: No, no, no, no, NO! Something else! Government: OK... How about defense spending, single biggest part of the budget and we spend more on it than our allies combined, right? *Moves giant pair of scissors and is about to cut defense spending* Fiscal conservative: No, no, no, no, NO! Something else! Government: OK... How about subsidies to oil companies, they are making record profits, so they don't need it, right? *Moves giant pair of scissors and is about to cut subsidies to oil companies* Fiscal conservative: No, no, no, no, NO! Something else! Government: OK... How about tax cuts for the wealthy, costs billions and all they're doing is hoarding the money instead of creating jobs, right? *Moves giant pair of scissors and is about to cut tax cuts for the wealthy* Fiscal conservative: No, no, no, no, NO! Something else! *Government is looking confused now and sweeps over jobless benefits* Fiscal conservative: That! That! Government: This? You sure? Fiscal conservative: Yes, you fool! Government: Oh... OK. *Cut*
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