[At the same URL, you'll see Newsweek's Eleanor Clift arguing for precisely the opposite position -- that Congress should boost spending to buy off voters in November... --Declan http://www.hillnews.com/081402/punditspeak.shtm "What should Congress tackle first after the recess?" Declan McCullagh chief political correspondent CNET News.com "It's even more important than usual for Congress to tread carefully during the appropriations process this year. Profligate spending is on the rise, and the usual obstacles to fiscal extravagance have vanished. As The Washington Post reported in a front-page article on Aug. 9, a deep commitment to improvident spending has become a thoroughly, and alarmingly, bipartisan phenomenon. Also this fall, Congress should ensure that any Department of Homeland Security includes a chief privacy officer who has real oversight and enforcement authority. I'd hope that debate over the proposed department will include how it jibes with America's tradition of limited government." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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