Let's say you are shopping for a new suit of clothes. You go in store number 1 and see a suit you like for $250. But being a smart shopper you continue to look at other stores for a couple of days. But you decide that the most appropriate deal to be had was what you saw earlier in store number 1 so you return to find the suit marked at a price of $300 with an attached sign that reads: “SALE – 20% off”. So you speak to a salesman and tell him that two days ago the suit was priced at $250 but now it is $300 so that is an increase , not a discount.
The salesman replies that they were going to increase the price to $375 so the $300 price represents a 20% discount.
Would you say that is fair? Is it even ethical? No, I don't think so either.
But that is exactly how Washington is fleecing all of us. The budget was scheduled to increase by 7% bur they are only allowing it to increase 5% with their proposed new law. So that is their reduction. A pox upon all of them!
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