The Democrats Don't Want to Cut Spending

Mort Krondracke takes on the Democratic party:

In the Senate, despite successful efforts by moderate Republicans to temper cuts in Medicaid and other social programs, only two Democrats voted for a budget reconciliation bill that cut spending by $35 billion over the next five years.

In the House, it appears, not a single Democrat will support a budget bill, scheduled to come to the floor this week, that calls for $35 billion to $54 billion in cuts, depending on intra-GOP negotiations.

In the Senate, Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) denounced the budget as "an immoral document" that would "make the deficit worse."

"While the majority has divided its budget in a way that obscures its overall effect, nobody should be fooled," he said. "Viewed as a whole, budget reconciliation would increase the deficit by more than $30 billion. And after five years ... our national debt would exceed $11 trillion." Reid is right so far: After they've cut spending by $35 billion, Republicans plan on cutting taxes by $70 billion if they can - for a net deficit increase of $35 billion.

But then, what is the Democratic alternative? Well, there isn't one. Clearly, Democrats would eliminate tax breaks for rich people, but they have proposed no counter-budget in either the Senate or the House.

And, judging by the amendments they've proposed, Democrats would increase spending by at least as much as they could possibly raise taxes. There is no official estimate of their plans, but Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has assembled a list of Senate Democratic amendments totaling $460.7 billion over five years.

Two parties,one ideology:big government.Could either party name one budget item they would be for eliminating, just one? Could they then get their members to vote on it??