From the Center for Fiscal Accountability blog:
In case you think the Federal government hasn’t spent enough of your money yet, there’s something to look forward to: Congress will now turn their attention to the Budget Bill. That worries you? Well, if you want to believe Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, there’s no need to worry, because, as she is quoted in the Wall Street Journal:
We absolutely intend to proceed in a very fiscally sound way.
And:
Each of these pieces of legislation will have to justify its existence.
Why, thank you!
But for some reason, I don’t find this very assuring, after all, Nancy Pelosi used a very similar phrase when she discussed the massive government spending package at a media availability to announce the "stimulus" deal Congressional leaders brokered behind closed doors …
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