PAYGO….Amitai Etzioni, after recounting the recent history of Democratic fiscal responsibility followed by Republican splurges, asks:

Does it make sense for the Democrats to “act responsibly” only to provide funds to be expended by the next Republican administrations on its constituencies?

That is a very, very hard question. The best answer I can summon up at the moment is “maybe not.”

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