Modbert
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I've always had a very high regard for you, after googling this, I think some linkage is in order. Thanks.
Ryan dings tea partiers on cuts - Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO.com
“They literally think you can just balance” the budget by cutting “waste, fraud and abuse, foreign aid and NPR,” the Wisconsin Republican said in an interview with The Associated Press published Friday. “And it doesn’t work like that.”
As Congress debates budget poll shows public is woefully misinformed - National Political Buzz | Examiner.com
For example, most Americans believe that 5% of the federal budget ($142 billion) goes to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which, among other things, helps fund NPR. In reality the CPB receives $424 million, not billion, in funding. This means that the public believes NPR and other programs receive 424 times the amount of funding they actually receive. In reality, cutting fund to NPR would be less than a drop in the bucket of the current federal deficit.
Another prominent example is foreign aid. Americans believe that we currently spend 10% of our budget on foreign aid ($356 billion). In reality, the United States spends less than 1% of the overall budget on foreign aid.
Full poll results here:
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/03/31/rel4m.pdf
Republicans alone on Foreign Aid % of total spending:
49% of Republicans thought it was 1-10%. 18% thought it was 11-20%. 13% thought it was 21-30%. 16% thought it was higher.
Only 3% said less than 1%.
Toro is likely right.