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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lynn Schmidt

Lynn Schmidt: Looking for fiscal responsibility? Ask a Democrat

I think I am living in an alternate reality. How is it that one of the most outspoken, principled, fiscally conservative members of Congress is a Democrat? I might as well be writing that up is down, and black is white. Or perhaps more appropriately, that red is blue.

Here is a matching game for you to play. Match the quote with the speakers and their political party.

1. "Spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs, when we can’t even pay for the essential social programs, like Social Security and Medicare, is the definition of fiscal insanity.”

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