WASHINGTON — There is a great divide in American politics. It’s not between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between the president and Congress in Washington, on one side, and governors and legislators around the country on the other.The record of the Washington politicians is summarized in the report that came out of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week. That nonpartisan scorekeeper announced that it projects the cumulative national debt to increase in the next decade by $9.8 trillion.That unimaginable (and indigestible) sum is more than a trillion dollars higher than…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/11/real_world_vs_fantasyland_104731.html
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