{"id":13166,"date":"2013-02-20T18:58:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-02-20T18:58:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:58:28","slug":"we_re_talking_about_pennies_folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/02\/20\/we_re_talking_about_pennies_folks\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Talking About Pennies, Folks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: So when Panetta puts out this number, 800,000 civilian workforce employees furloughed, it just isn\u2019t true. We\u2019re talking about $44 billion of cuts this year. <\/p>\n

I can\u2019t think of an analogy that illustrates how insignificant that is in relationship to our entire annual budget, but it\u2019s pennies, folks. And yet we\u2019re getting this never-ending, panic-mongering, fear-mongering, end-of-the-day, end of-the-world stuff, and we\u2019re talking about $44 billion. Forty-four billion is a rounding error on the spreadsheet. It\u2019s not even $85 billion we\u2019re talking about this year. It\u2019s $44 billion. <\/p>\n

Grab audio sound bites 22, 23. Rand Paul was on Anderson Cooper last night on CNN. You gotta hand it to Rand Paul. He\u2019s out there explaining the sequester only cuts the rate of growth. That\u2019s another thing. These are not actual cuts. They\u2019re not cuts from a zero baseline, they are cuts, they are reductions in the rate of growth. We\u2019re actually gonna still end up spending more money than we did last year, not what was projected, is all. Less than what was projected by baseline budgeting. <\/p>\n

Wolf Blitzer says, “All right, Senator Paul, are the Republicans willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education and health care?” Do you people in the media wonder why it is that we — are the Republicans willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education and health care? What, did Obama write the question for you, Wolf? Did the White House write the question, vital investments in education, health care, national security, and all the jobs? And here\u2019s what Rand Paul said.<\/p>\n