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No More Porterhouse For You!

by David Kurtz
08.12.10 | 5:53 am

Jeb Bush on GOP Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposed entitlement-slashing, deficit-exploding budget “plan”:

He’s not saying the world’s going to be full of butterscotch sundaes. He’s saying: “Eat your broccoli. And then maybe you don’t get to eat at all for a few days. You don’t get steak — ever.”

That’s the spirit!

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