Bruce Tinsley: As Smart As He Is Talented

The problem with the wingnut math put forward by the likes of Tinsley is that between running the IRS, foreign aid, grants to Robert Mapplethorpe and buying Cadillacs for welfare mothers they generally account for about 250% of the budget. (via Atrios.)

At least your slightly classier brand of wingnut grossly overestimates the cost of drop-in-the-bucket federal spending to cover the Iraq war, rather than the whole federal budget…