I think a little more adherence to honesty would benefit the GOP. For example, here’s Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) little trick to raise temperatures:
The Democratic tax and spending package to expand the social safety net and combat climate change would increase federal deficits by $3 trillion over 10 years if most programs were made permanent, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday.
Republicans seized on the new cost estimate to argue that the Democrats’ reconciliation measure is unaffordable and would only accelerate rising inflation.
“I am urging the Democratic party to stop the madness,” said South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the Senate Budget Committee’s ranking Republican, who requested the cost estimate from the nonpartisan budget agency along with his House counterpart, Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo. [RollCall]
The bold part, which is mine, is the important part.
But, in essence, Graham’s histrionics serves as an announcement of a new budget proposal, and I suggest the Democrats refer to it as the Graham Budget Proposal.
In honor of His Deceitfulness.
