Hey, it's "big numbers to make your head hurt" Friday!
Setting the stage for another showdown over government spending, top Senate Democrats rejected the House Republicans' new budget proposal Thursday, but said they were ruling out a government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's plan to slash $74 billion from the federal budget “unworkable” and “more draconian than we originally anticipated,” but said he would not consider a government shutdown “under any circumstances.”
Good lord. $74 billion is "draconian" and "unworkable"? That's not even 5 percent of the projected deficit, never mind the $3.834 trillion budget.
