Budget Blowhards: Why the Budget Debate Is Destined to Become Ever More Painful

Monday 11 July 2011
by: Dean Baker, Truthout | News Analysis

There are few exercises more entertaining than ridiculing the nonsense that comes out of the mouths of leaders in Washington. The great part is that this is completely bipartisan. Neither party has a monopoly on solemnly stated absurdities. And, of course, we never have to worry about running out of material.

The winner in last week's contest was John Kasich, the former Republican chair of the House Budget Committee and the current governor of Ohio. National Public Radio (NPR) interviewed Kasich in the context of a piece on the state of the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling.