“The virtue of balancing the budget is that it forces people to weigh the benefits of government against the costs. It’s a common-sense standard that people grasp. If the deficit commission is serious, it will set a balanced budget in 2020 as a goal. It will then invite think tanks (from the Heritage Foundation on the right to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the left) and interest groups (from the Chamber of Commerce to the AARP) to present plans to reach that goal.” – Robert J. Samuelson, “Wake Up, America: Why we must balance the budget.” Newsweek: May 24 & 31, 2010.
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