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September 30, 2004

Balanced Budget Amendment Dropped

Efforts to consider a balanced budget amendment in Congress last week were treated as a joke, and dropped


Deficit hawks were amazed that the GOP even tried, after Congress had squandered a $236 billion surplus recorded in 2000. Since 2001, overall government spending has risen 23 percent. Defense spending at Congress's discretion has increased 48 percent, while non-defense spending has jumped 27 percent.

Posted by rickheller at September 30, 2004 08:36 AM
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A great idea, but the GOP has ruined their validity with this one.

Posted by: Mathew at September 30, 2004 10:20 AM

Oh....what do you do with a drunken sailor....

Posted by: Tully at September 30, 2004 12:51 PM

I meant credibility not validity... Geesh.

Posted by: Mathew at September 30, 2004 01:16 PM
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