Government Non-Defense Discretionary Spending Has Not Grown

....but that's what everyone in Washington wants to cut.  I can't say it any better than this does:

And Democrats are fighting to keep the ratio of spending cuts to tax increases at 5:1 in favor of spending cuts, while they control the Senate and the Presidency.  Sickening.  I'm reminded of Ralph Nader claiming in 2000 that there's just no difference between Republicans and Democrats.  That's not exactly true, but I have to ask again why we need a "center-left" party that won't fight for anything the center-left believes in.