I must be showing my age.
I recall how in the old days, the House prepared a budget — sometimes considering the White House's requests — and then sent it to the Senate, which passed its own version. Both bills were reviewed by a conference committee that reported out a bill agreeable to and passed by both houses and sent to the president for a signature. All this used to be done prior to Sept. 30, to be implemented at the start of the federal fiscal year that begins in October.
I do not recall a committee of just a few who discuss and somehow agree to a budget on New Year's Eve. We are being taken for a very expensive ride by horsemen who have trouble finding the reins.
David Shorten
Salt Lake City
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It no longer has anything to do with budgets and forward thinking for the benefit of the nation. It's all about whether someone will get reelected or not.
Wouldn't that be nice--a sensible approach to budgeting.
Let's call it what it is. It's all about hoping the real power accepts the plans to shift all the costs of austerity measures straight to the working class creating more wealth for the ruling class. Just one more step to feudalism