Monday, October 25, 2010
Boehner: No More Comprehensive Budgets
I'm instinctively skeptical about everything a politician says.
That being said, I do like this idea.
The reasoning behind it may lead you to agree...
That being said, I do like this idea.
The reasoning behind it may lead you to agree...
Sean Higgins recently reported at Investors.com:
"The most noteworthy was this:
Let’s do away with the concept of 'comprehensive' spending bills. Let’s break them up, to encourage scrutiny, and make spending cuts easier. Rather than pairing agencies and departments together, let them come to the House floor individually, to be judged on their own merit.
Boehner notes that for years the word 'comprehensive' has been a positive adjective in Washington-speak, despite the fact that it typically has resulted in most federal spending being hidden inside doorstop-thick budget bills that few people — including lawmakers — read."
