Yesterday John Hinderaker posted an article at Power Line reminding us that the Democrats in Congress have failed to produce a budget. They have been very quick to denounce and vote down the Paul Ryan budget, but they have not produced an alternative.
The Washington Post pointed out on Tuesday:
"Since passage of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Congress has failed to pass a budget resolution only five times, and until last year, a budget resolution always passed at least one chamber.
"Now, for the first time in a decade, the Senate Budget Committee isn't even considering a budget. Two weeks ago, Chairman Kent Conrad said he would "defer" action on the budget, which was due April 15, to see what comes of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Biden."
It's time to stop the name calling, look at the financial situation of the country, and get to work.
The Power Line article concludes:
"As the Democrats fiddle, America's economy burns. Today's bad news--private sector job creation falling, home prices dropping, food and energy costs sky-high--sent the stock market into a tailspin. One Wall Street analyst says that "[w]e're on the verge of a great, great depression." The Democrats' economic policies have failed, and pretty much everyone knows it. For them to fail even to propose a budget is, as Milbank says, a dereliction of duty. One can only hope that the voters will punish them for it."
Meanwhile, the focus has changed to the debate over raising the debt ceiling. Washington is NOT broken--it is simply in need of some leadership.
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