EatTheRich
President
Most economists will tell you a balanced budget is a bad idea ... running an annual deficit stimulates growth.I think he proposed balanced budget proposals that were shot down. But since he voted for deficit spending then he was part of the problem.
The other issue is when they come to an impass and shut down the government the media goes crazy saying how bad that is for the country when in fact it has almost no affect. So politicians succumb to the media pressure and vote through an unbalanced budget.
We should just shut down until its a balanced budget. Of course shut down still means 70% is open but it just shows the waste there is that could be cut out.
We should have an ammendment to the constitution that says we have to have a balanced budget in times of no wars with nation states.