It's too bad this guys are getting kicked to the curb of the GOP.
The Teabaggers use the analogy of the family tightening it's budget as a reason to cut spending, but it's reached a point where the analogy is more like the parents have decided they only want to work part time so let's sell the furniture to pay the rent.
Yeah. The "family tightening its budget" metaphor is pretty terrible for a long list of reasons, including that one. Also, a family can't just increase its revenue, while a government can. And if a family cuts back its budget, it means fewer vacations or consumer good purchases or maybe eating out less. It doesn't mean poor people and old people dying.
