Editorial: Is the GOP's balanced budget amendment cynical, hypocritical or both?
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2018
3 minutes
As House Republicans prepare to vote this week on a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget, it's hard to know what adjective to apply: Cynical? Ironic? Hypocritical? Or all of the above?
Let's dispense with the easy part first. The federal budget ought to be balanced whenever the economy is healthy. Otherwise, the cost of the services delivered to the current generation of Americans will be borne by future generations. That's not just
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