Spending Denialists and the Fiscal Illusion.

• Author: Penner, Larry
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

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In "Spending Denialists and the Fiscal Illusion" (March) Matt Welch takes on Republican House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) and the fiscal cliff deal. Speaker Boehner's follow-up extension of the debt limit for three more months is just kicking the can down the road. Everyone needs to do their fair share in bringing the budget deficit under control. It is time for government to destroy its own credit cards.

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