Ruth Marcus, Budget Deficits, and the Meaning of "Whopping"

According to inside reports, the main reason the Washington Post opposes nuclear war is because of its impact on the budget deficit. The paper's never ending obsession with the budget deficit, even as it is clear that we have been suffering from a deficit that is too small, is a testament to the ability of people to ignore reality. 

Ruth Marcus treated us to another example of this obsession when she warned of a restructuring of Medicare payments that comes at the cost of:

"a whopping ha...