Winter’s Haven

Reporting on the “pay-as-you-go” budget rules adopted by the Democratic majority in Congress, Edmund L. Andrews of the New York Times brings us the news that

Senate Democrats face an agonizing choice in the days ahead: find a way to raise at least $50 billion in new taxes, or undermine their most important rule for enforcing budget discipline.

Being the crazed radical libertarian that I am, I can’t help but to suggest a third option: cut spending. There was a time when I looked upon my own political ideas as entirely sane and pragmatic. However, it’s becoming clear that I haven’t got as many marbles as I had thought, given that my idea is clearly unthinkable to everyone in Congress and at the Times. I’m sure that you, dear reader, being a far more sane and moderate person than I, will share none of my shock and discontent in learning that the aforementioned article doesn’t even hint at the possibility of cutting federal spending.

So, I’m a crazy radical. I guess this means I’m gonna have to stop cutting or washing my hair, start taking colloidal silver until my skin turns blue, and LSD until I think it’s turned green. Fuck.

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