Give In to the Irrational GOP

摘要

In a rational world, republicans would get the blame for the budget mess in Washington. In the George W. Bush era, they frittered impressive surpluses into unprecedented deficits. In 2011 they threatened to force the U.S. government into default if President Obama didn't accept massive spending cuts, essentially taking the global economy hostage; the current sequester was part of their ransom. And now, even though the deficit is shrinking, even though just about everyone agrees that the sequester's haphazard cuts will damage a fragile economy, GOP leaders won't even discuss an alternative that includes new tax revenue.