when demand for those social services goes up, the price tag for providing them does as well. what do you want is borrow money to prevent the economy from further contraction. balancing the budget at a time like this as low as the recovery. the gop is adamant any new spending must be offset by cuts elsewhere. so what are they willing to cut? how about repealing $35 million of tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, as senator bernie sanders proposeded. surely the fiscally conscious republicans would consider that the way to go. no, the measure got exactly zero gop votes. what about offsetting the bush tax cuts the republican so eager to preserve? no deal. what about the democrats' pay as you go proposal, that would offset all new spending? surely they'd be down with that, right? nope. voted down. so are the republicans willing to offset any of those costs the democrats now find themselves c cutting, of all things, food stamps. joining us now to explain why that is a terrible, terrible idea is ezra klein, "washington
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