Have Dem Leaders Pledged to Bring Back PAYGO?

[tritsofme]

If our new leaders in Congress want to get serious about bringing back fiscal responsibility to Washington, one of the first things to be reinstated is PAYGO.

For those who don't remember, PAYGO was in place from 1990-2002, and it forced Congress to fund any new spending measure or tax cuts with corresponding spending cuts or tax increases. You actually had to PAY with real money for what was happening in Washington, and not just throw it on the credit card.

I know the new leaders got a lot on their plate, but I think that a big part of the reason we won this election is because of the out of control defcits we have seen these past 6 years.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Nancy Pelosi

iirc, have made that pledge and said that they were going to do it

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Yes

Nancy Pelosi used that very term in a speech recently.

[tritsofme]

3. Excellent

PAYGO is such a simple concept.

If you can't afford it, don't buy it.

[sarcasmo]

4. The smartest way to check the spending Insanity.