Compassionate conservatism in action

Well, SOMETHING is going to have to pay for the elimination of the estate tax and the war.

Fuck the poor and the elderly, sayeth the Republicans, for lo they do not voteth for us:

A Republican-led effort to slow spending on health care programs for the poor, elderly and disabled survived a stern test in the Senate Tuesday.

That chamber's Finance Committee, voting along party lines, approved legislation that would trim overall spending on Medicare and Medicaid by about $10 billion over five years. The committee's 11 Republicans supported the legislation. The committee's nine Democrats opposed it.

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Grassley had to maintain support from all 11 committee Republican to ensure the measure's passage. But some wanted more significant reductions in Medicaid than others were willing to accept.

In the end, the legislation the panel approved Tuesday would reduce Medicare spending by about $5.8 billion over five years and Medicaid by about $4.3 billion during that time.

I guess the "pro-life" Republicans favored active euthanasia of the poor and the elderly. Or if they don't, perhaps they should. At least then we couldn't call them hypocrites.