BCT Editorial – 1/30/09

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Budget crunch; Editorial; Beaver County Times; January 30, 2009.

For at least the last four years preceding the 2008 election, Times editorials constantly and correctly complained about federal deficit spending, the country’s growing debt, and the burden that debt puts on us and future generations. Referring to these complaints as crocodile tears, I questioned the motives in my critiques because Times editorials concurrently lobbied for more spending on just about every proposal that came down the pike. As I’ve noted previously, since we elected President Obama, Times editorials – including this one and today’s other editorial, “Making the grade” – now support deficit spending. Two previous examples are “Last resort” and “Limited options.”