New at Reason: David Harsanyi on Why "Spend, Baby, Spend" Should Be Obama's New Motto

June 30, 2010

The audacity of hope dictates that the president turn the tables on his critics and start kicking some serious tea party butt. That's why we heard this from him: "Next year, when I start presenting some very difficult choices to the country, I hope some of these folks who are hollering about deficits and debt start stepping up, because I'm calling their bluff." But as David Harsanyi writes, by "difficult choices," rest assured Obama is talking about a bundle of tax increases—because no one in Washington right now will significantly cut spending.

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