One of the major themes of last week was the degree to which Republicans in Congress were deceptively referring to Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ budget proposal as a weak-on-defense spending cut. The corollary to that claim–articulated by many Republicans, but also some Democrats–is that defense spending “cuts” will cost jobs. The problem is, though, that most of the people making that argument voted against the stimulus bill this past winter.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=143892