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Here’s the lede from a story in this morning’s NYTimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Senate Democrats face an agonizing choice in the days ahead: find a way to raise at least $50 billion in new taxes, or undermine their most important rule [“pay as you go”] for enforcing budget discipline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I find it telling that “don’t spend so much” doesn’t seem to be one of their choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the lede from a story in this morning’s NYTimes: Senate Democrats face an agonizing choice in the days ahead: find a way to raise at least $50 billion in new taxes, or undermine their most important rule [“pay as you go”] for enforcing budget discipline. I find it telling that “don’t spend so much” … <\/p>\n

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