Capital Scene: Bread & Circuses

Bread & Circuses

But hold the champagne this is not good news. For- get every GOP sound-bite you’ve ever heard about the imperative of balancing the budget—even when Washington was obsessed about the deficit, the result was a budget deal that increased government spending as a percentage of GDP and created five new entitlements. If a bankrupt Beltway was so inhospitable to small-government conservatives, Surplus City will be a town without pity.

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Kate O'Beirne

Bread & Circuses

But hold the champagne this is not good news. For- get every GOP sound-bite you’ve ever heard about the imperative of balancing the budget—even when Washington was obsessed about the deficit, the result was a budget deal that increased government spending as a percentage of GDP and created five new entitlements. If a bankrupt Beltway was so inhospitable to small-government conservatives, Surplus City will be a town without pity.