Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Pay as you Go should Stay
A Test of Seriousness (washingtonpost.com)
The pay as you go rule in congress that helped to balance the budget in the 1990s has passed the Senate, and has a chance of making it through a conference committee with the House, but only if the Senators that backed it will stand up for financial prudence.
They should. And the Bush administration should change its mind, and back the provision. If the War on Terror needs more money, the President can ask congress for it. We know they won't say no, so this measure is no threat to national security spending; all it's a threat to is superfluous spending, since if this is enacted whenever increases are made, cuts will have to be made or a real case for spending more will have to be presented.
Isn't that how it's supposed to work, anyway?
The pay as you go rule in congress that helped to balance the budget in the 1990s has passed the Senate, and has a chance of making it through a conference committee with the House, but only if the Senators that backed it will stand up for financial prudence.
They should. And the Bush administration should change its mind, and back the provision. If the War on Terror needs more money, the President can ask congress for it. We know they won't say no, so this measure is no threat to national security spending; all it's a threat to is superfluous spending, since if this is enacted whenever increases are made, cuts will have to be made or a real case for spending more will have to be presented.
Isn't that how it's supposed to work, anyway?
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