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Apparently none of the usual liberals seem to have much to say about the constant increases in Federal spending that were enabled by the Baseline Budgeting introduced in 1974, by a nearly-veto-proof Democrat congress. With this, the Democrats achieved one of their longest-held dreams: A government in which spending would go up and up by default, without their having to do anything to make it do so.

Now we are reaping the fruits of that achievement, with spending exploding even as the National Debt soars and the nation's economy totters. Isn't it about time to repeal the part of the law that enables unlimited, automatic increases in government spending with zero Congressional oversight and responsibility?

It's no surprised that the liberals aren't touching this one with a ten-foot pole. They like things just fine the way they are: Unlimited funds, unlimited spending, with no accountability to the people for what happens to them. "Hey, it's not MY doing that spending went up."

But should normal Americans yield and let it go with that?

<blockquote data-quote="Little-Acorn" data-source="post: 209658" data-attributes="member: 2131">Apparently none of the usual liberals seem to have much to say about the constant increases in Federal spending that were enabled by the Baseline Budgeting introduced in 1974, by a nearly-veto-proof Democrat congress. With this, the Democrats achieved one of their longest-held dreams: A government in which spending would go up and up by default, without their having to do anything to make it do so.&nbsp;Now we are reaping the fruits of that achievement, with spending exploding even as the National Debt soars and the nation&#039;s economy totters. Isn&#039;t it about time to repeal the part of the law that enables unlimited, automatic increases in government spending with zero Congressional oversight and responsibility?&nbsp;It&#039;s no surprised that the liberals aren&#039;t touching this one with a ten-foot pole. They like things just fine the way they are: Unlimited funds, unlimited spending, with no accountability to the people for what happens to them. &quot;Hey, it&#039;s not MY doing that spending went up.&quot;&nbsp;But should normal Americans yield and let it go with that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Little-Acorn, post: 209658, member: 2131"] Apparently none of the usual liberals seem to have much to say about the constant increases in Federal spending that were enabled by the Baseline Budgeting introduced in 1974, by a nearly-veto-proof Democrat congress. With this, the Democrats achieved one of their longest-held dreams: A government in which spending would go up and up [i]by default[/i], without their having to do anything to make it do so. Now we are reaping the fruits of that achievement, with spending exploding even as the National Debt soars and the nation's economy totters. Isn't it about time to repeal the part of the law that enables unlimited, automatic increases in government spending with zero Congressional oversight and responsibility? It's no surprised that the liberals aren't touching this one with a ten-foot pole. They like things just fine the way they are: Unlimited funds, unlimited spending, with no accountability to the people for what happens to them. "Hey, it's not MY doing that spending went up." But should normal Americans yield and let it go with that? [/QUOTE]

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