Budget Woes

Here's an interesting Op-Ed from back on July 23, 2011 in the New York Times. With the release of House Republican's budget today by Paul Ryan, it's important to remind ourselves that GOP initiatives (such as tax cuts and two wars) got us into this deficit mess and that cutting government programs will never balance the budget.

"Despite what antigovernment conservatives say, non-
defense discretionary spending on areas like foreign aid, education and food safety was not a driving factor in creating the deficits. In fact, such spending, accounting for only 15 percent of the budget, has been basically flat as a share of the economy for decades. Cutting it simply will not fill the deficit hole..." continue reading here.