The operative word is "Awful"
Submitted by scharrison on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 12:19pm
More warnings from Republicans on budget cuts:
Shepard, newly elected to represent House District 15, will join fellow Republicans Jimmy Dixon, who won House District 14 and is also new to the state legislature, and House 14 incumbent Rep. George Cleveland. They say with a GOP-controlled state House, budgetary fat will be on the chopping block.
“An awful lot of oxen will get gored,” Cleveland said. “I expect it is going to cause an awful lot of angst.”
Using idiomatic references to obscure the real-world impact of your actions is not a new political technique, but the days of it being a successful technique should have passed by the 1920's at the latest.
English translation
Translating Cleveland: "An awful lot of people who need help, schoolchildren, seniors, and people who need clean air and water will be badly hurt. We'll hear about it, but I frankly don't care. If they wanted our help their daddies should have been rich."
Dan Besse
Yep
His use of the "gored oxen" idiom is to promote the idea that they're only going after "pet projects" of Dem legislators, but he knows good and well that hordes of citizens will suffer as a result.
Budget Cuts
I think that budget cuts are necessary but I think that the pay scales of these congressmen and their employees, as well as the senators is where the cuts need to begin. Education, fire and police and the like should be left alone.
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