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Pay-go a Goner

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Phony “Principles” Jettisoned
Daily Pundit — ... For any of you hopeful “moderates” out there who still think that Democrats pay anything but lip service to fiscal conservatism, this should be your wakeup call: ...

Pay-go a Goner
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Remember when Democrats insisted on pay-go rules in 2006 as evidence of their fiscal responsibility?  Recall how they scoffed when George Bush used the 9/11 attacks and the economic damage done by them as a reason for increased deficit spending?  Well, Democrats sound more and more like George Bush every day.  Pay-go, the Wall Street Journal notes, is officially a goner, and the Democrats are the ones reaching for rationalizations: As Congress gears up to pass another spending “stimulus” bill, there’s one political silver lining: Democrats are being forced to abandon the ...

WSJ Editorial: Paygo is Gone
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Showing once again that its opinion pieces serve a dual purpose as a news source, a Monday Wall Street Journal editorial noted that Democrats have quietly dropped a central plank of their successful 2006 effort to gain a congressional majority (HT ...

Democrats Abandoning Pay-Go
Say Anything — ... on fiscal responsibility in 2006?  Remember when they talked about “paygo,” which would require any new government spending tax relief to be “paid for” either with tax hikes or spending cuts?  Here in North Dakota, home to Senate Budget Committee chair Kent “I Call Myself A Budget Hawk And My Sycophants In The Media Go Along With It” Conrad talked a lot about it.  He championed it, in fact. But now, two years later, the plan seems to be going the way of the dodo bird. ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... PayGo is now PayWent: "As Congress gears up to pass another spending "stimulus" bill, there's one political silver lining: Democrats are being forced to abandon the pretense of fiscal conservatism known as "pay as you go" budgeting. Late last week the leader of the House Blue Dog Coalition, Tennessee Democrat Jim Cooper, announced that with Barack Obama about to enter the White House, "I'm not sure the old rules are relevant anymore." Why not? Because, Mr. Cooper said, "It would be unfair to the new President to put him in a budget straitjacket." Democrats ran on "paygo" in ...