Eat the seed corn?

[lsanderson]

Eat the Future

The public says it wants to see government spending cut — and the Tea Partiers really, really want spending cut — but people don’t want to cut any program they like; and they like almost everything. What’s a conservative to do?

The obvious answer, once you think about it, is to eat the future: to cut spending in a way that undermines the nation’s long-run prospects, but doesn’t impose all that much pain on voters right now. More

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[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

Don't bother me none.
I'm getting out as soon as my inheritance comes through.