Novel idea: Spend less, balance the budget

Two news releases appear adjacent to one another on 5th Dist. Congressman Doug Lamborn’s (R-Colorado) website this week.

One is a statement on President Obama’s proposed 2011 budget.  Lamborn says,  “This budget spends, borrows, and taxes too much.”

“I had hoped the President was sincere when he called for more fiscal restraint in his State of the Union Address, but sadly, it appears to be little more than rhetoric. This continued spending, borrowing, and taxing is unsustainable.”

Right next to that news release is another about funding for a new cemetery for veterans planned for El Paso County.

Lamborn opines:

I am pleased the Administration is listening to our veterans and responding to their needs.

The money for the cemetery is included in the proposed 2011 budget–which Lamborn says is fiscally irresponsible.  He doesn’t like the budget, but he likes the cemetery.

Last week when President Obama met with Republican leaders he chided them for this exact thing, saying you don’t like big budgets, but you like that money when it comes to your district.  And he was right.  And that’s what’s wrong in Washington.

I don’t have a problem with building a veteran’s cemetery in Colorado, but I would rather balance the budget.  I learned this when I was a teenager:  If I don’t have the money, I can’t buy it.  It’s a simple truth, which our federal government has been denying for years.

Another aside: I can’t find anywhere how much cemetery money we’re talking about.  Maybe if I had a few hours…

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