Posted on 12/15/2012 3:29:57 PM PST by Olog-hai
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says when he served in Congress, lawmakers had the “courage to make tough decisions” and balance budgets, but it “all went to $#@% after that.” …
Panetta served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993, representing California’s 16th district. By 1989, he had risen to House Budget Committee chairman. …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
flying back to Monterey every weekend on the public’s dime may have added to the shortfall.....
The guy obviously lives in a pleasant fantasy. Truth is after he left congress Mr. Newt delivered the first balanced budget in a generation.
Positioning himself as a reference for responsibility. Now about Benghazi...
See Baseline Budgeting.
Understand that then we’ll talk. The rest is pure nonsense.
I think Newt was in charge for Panetta’s cutting and balancing years.
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