Commentary: Fixing the Budget Is Easy, but Nobody's Willing to Do It

Summary

---

"A billion here, a billion there -- and pretty soon you're talking real money."

That infamous remark, usually attributed to the late Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.) has long symbolized the spendthrift ways of Washington politicians.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Commentary: Fixing the Budget Is Easy, but Nobody's Willing to Do It

Alas, it's as outdated as 1970s home prices in Aspen.

This year's federal budget is slightly more than $3 trillion, meaning that a couple of billion dollars amounts to less than one- tenth of 1 percent. A billion dollars is a rounding error, about...

See the full content of this document

---