David Brooks Quotes
The sequester is stupidity on stilts.
David Brooks, Political Columnist and Editor, PBS Evening News, April 26, 2013
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See {617208} his grandfather’s related statement.
In subsequent years military officers got around this restriction by privately expressing confidential opinions to members of Congress and the press. In the Iraq war for example most senior military officers felt that more troops were needed in Iraq. However, since the President decided on the final troop count only one official, the Army Chief of Staff, has publicly expressed the view that it was insufficient. He was retired early. The stricture still stands.
That Congress was the worst in U. S. History. They passed fewer laws than any other and spent most of their time raising money and slandering the other party on the media.
By the time the debt ceiling needs a Congressional vote, the money has already been obligated and spent. That is when Congress can control spending. The debt ceiling is ALWAYS increased by Congress when asked otherwise the U. S. would not be able to pay its bills. However, many members of Congress like the fact that every year or so the administration needs their votes so they can extract benefits for their constituents more easily with that leverage.
David Brooks is a conservative political and cultural commentator who writes for The New York Times. He has worked as a film critic for The Washington Times, a reporter and later op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal, a senior editor at The Weekly Standard from its inception, a contributing editor at Newsweek, and The Atlantic Monthly, and a commentator on NPR and the PBS NewsHour.
