A House Democrat announced Thursday that after years of opposing cuts to federal spending, Democrats are now in favor of deep, deep spending reductions.

But there’s just one catch: Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., and other Democrats are speaking in code. When Moore talked Thursday about the need to “cut spending,” what she really meant was a tax hike.

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