BY JOE CONASON As America approaches the deadline for increasing the statutory national debt – or risking a catastrophic default on our obligations to creditors and citizens – there is no shortage of stupid ideas to restore fiscal order. Near the top of the list is the balanced budget constitutional amendment, a durable fake pulled out of mothballs by Republicans and Democrats alike in the hope of proving their determination to assert spending control. State […]

How Clinton Balanced The Budget
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