Tom Taggart: “I am amazed how some republicans have abandoned the idea of a balanced budget. At one time it was central to their platform. It was so important they proposed constitutional amendments to balance the budget. Now that they are in power the message is different. ‘Don’t worry about the debt, it isn’t a big deal. The economy is so healthy it will grow us out of it.’ Both parties are guilty of changing when in power, but this turn around seems especially astounding.”
DFO: The Balanced Budget Amendment was the linchpin of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig’s political existence when the Democrats had power, pre-1994. I haven’t heard him mention it in — what? — a decade? Your comment is dead on. The R’s have lost the moral high ground when it comes to fiscal responsibility. The D’s haven’t had it since, say, John F. Kennedy.
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
999 W. Riverside, Spokane, WA 99201
P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210
Main switchboard: (509) 459-5000 • (800) 338-8801
Newsroom: (509) 459-5400 • (800) 789-0029
Customer service: (800) 338-8801
© Copyright 2013, The Spokesman-Review
Terms of use • Privacy policy • Copyright policy
Spokane7
39°
Get blog updates by email
Find DFO on Facebook
DFO on Twitter
Please keep it civil. Don't post comments that are obscene, defamatory, threatening, off-topic, an infringement of copyright or an invasion of privacy. Read our forum standards and community guidelines.
You must be logged in to post comments. Please log in here or click the comment box below for options.
comments powered by Disqus« Back to Huckleberries Online