I'm sure most of us knew that the whole thing about "balancing" had become nothing more than a smokescreen.
The thing that bothers me so much about this bill is the fact that they aren't even bothering to pretend otherwise anymore.
That tells me that they feel they have conditioned the public sufficiently.
And it tells me that they now believe they can just do whatever the hell they want to us.
I don't entirely disagree...
I actually find is refreshing they're not trying to pretend otherwise anymore. Makes it easier to point out the hypocrisy.