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When ‘the Adult in the Room’ is Wimpy Weatherby

By Chris Horner on 8.21.11 @ 11:07AM

I caught up on some Friday evening and Sunday morning news shows this morning and it struck me, particularly with the president’s looming plan to reduce the deficit beginning with, erm, massive new spending, to you know, enable the (chuckle) ‘cuts’ later:

deficit — spending hikes now, we’ll agree to cuts to come later

immigration — amnesty or some version now, and we’ll agree to secure the border later

energy — take the windmill etc. schemes (and debt) now, we’ll agree to permit the stuff that works later

And on, and on. I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for what I want, today. That’s how they roll. They aren’t serious people. And pointing that out, calling for seriousness, makes you intransigent.

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Chris Horner is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

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