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It would be nice if Congress got the federal budget under control.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* It would be nice if Congress got the federal budget under control. Too many congressmen seem to think that keeping control of taxpayers' budgets is an adequate substitute. The Senate has voted for a rule of procedure that would make it harder to enact tax cuts or to create new entitlement programs. We admire half of the intentions behind the rule. But if it goes into effect as currently proposed, it will make it extremely difficult to make Bush's tax cuts permanent. The deck will have been stacked in favor of a large tax increase when those tax cuts expire. Moreover, rules of this type have historically been ineffective in restraining federal ...
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