They just can’t help themselves! In a live Q&A session today, a reader asked Washington Post Congressional reporter Paul Kane a question that’s been on our minds for days now. “I keep hearing the term ‘budget cuts,’ but the defense budget isn’t being cut at all,” the reader writes. “Money is being redirected to other defense priorities, but the overall budget is increasing by 4%…. So why is it that certain pols are allowed to spout this inane lie with impunity.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=143964