Restore The Fiscal Golden Rule: Attack Weak Claims, Not Weak Clients

Fiscal retrenchment has long had a bad name in the mainstream press because Washington budget politics militate against wielding the knife on programs impacting powerful lobbies. That leaves mostly dribs and drabs of so-called “safety net” programs to be featured on the fiscal butcher’s bill. At length, therefore, “cuts” end-up being synonymous with small extractions […]