Democrats' "deficit cutting" wish list in Supercommittee: $447 billion in new government spending

Do you think that the Democrats wandered into the wrong committee room? The Committee was supposed to cut $1.2 trillion. By my math, $1 trillion minus $447 billion isn't even half of $1.2 trillion. The Democrats of course object to vouchers for medical care, but are they serious that they don't want any reduction in the federal work force? From the Politico:

In mid-October, with just five weeks until their deadline, each side produced “wish lists” to show where they were negotiating from.

Aides were shocked with what those demands looked like.

House Republicans wanted to repeal Obama’s health care law, implement the controversial House GOP budget drafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), save $700 billion by block granting Medicaid, cut $400 billion in mandatory spending, slash another $1.4 trillion in other health care mandatory spending, save $150 billion by slicing the federal workforce and put a $60 billion cap on tort reform.

Republicans were no more pleased to see what Democrats wanted: the president’s $447 billion jobs bill plus well over $1 trillion in new taxes. . . .