Susan Stamper Brown

First Things First: Deficit then DOMA

The mandate overwhelmingly voiced by voters in last year’s midterm elections to jump-start the economy by creating jobs and lowering the deficit by reducing spending has not changed.  A recent Rasmussen Poll found 58 percent of likely voters are even willing to accept a partial federal government shutdown until legislators find a way to cut spending. Rather than rolling up its sleeves and joining in the vital task at hand, the Obama administration did what most politicians do when faced with a tough decision:  it changed the subject. Read the rest of this entry »