Taking wrong course

 
BY WILLIAM F. SHUGART II
Published: March 7, 2009

Fresh from signing the $787 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, President Barack Obama presented his proposed fiscal year 2010 budget. Outdoing even the profligate George W. Bush , at whose door he laid blame for the "era of profound irresponsibility” he has inherited, the new president has requested a whopping 8 percent increase in discretionary federal spending over 2009.

Hard-pressed Ameri...


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