Only a Republican would think you can cut a foot off the top of a blanket,....

[HopeHoops]

...sew it onto the bottom of the blanket, and end up with a longer blanket. They call it "a budget".

[liberal N proud]

1. But they are cutting the foot off the bottom and giving it to the top

Same principle though.

[HopeHoops]

3. Well, it depends on how you look at it. I used the "tax burden" in my example.

If you look at "tax cuts", then bottom to top works.

[Keith Bee]

6. I think LNP nailed it

;-) K&R

[Uben]

2. What's really sad is.......

....they think there is a head and a foot to a blanket!

[RC]

4. Daylight saving Time works the same way.

And snookers hundreds of millions of people the world over into thinking DST as actually being beneficial.

[HopeHoops]

5. That's actually the source of the original quote - "Only goverment would think..."

It was the analysis of an elderly Native American many years ago.