Politicians are selective about when debt and deficits matter
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Dec 06, 2017
3 minutes
If you're a normal person who pays attention to politics, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Washington can't decide whether deficits are bad or not. Well, I have one easy trick that will help you make sense of it all.
In Washington, when you hear people complain that this or that piece of legislation will "explode" the deficit, what they are really telling you is that they don't like the legislation.
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