This country would be much better for it if those who govern quit using the term "spending cuts" when in truth it doesn't apply. In almost all cases when you hear this term there are no actual cuts, just someone proposing cutting the rate of increase of the money being spent on something.

Only in crazy politician speech can spending more money on something still be called a "spending cut". It is all about deceiving the uniformed and scaring people in order to create outrage with the hopes of generating votes.