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I thought you might be interested in my new blog at the Huffington Post.


I look forward to your comments and feedback.


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Robert

Huffington Post

February 15, 2011

The president's annual budget -- actually a budget request -- traditionally provides the baseline for policy and budget negotiations between the two political parties, legislative chambers and the executive branch of government. Changes to the budget are typically incremental, and in recent years have raised rather than lowered spending. All the moving parts in the budget debate -- political parties, the House and Senate, and the executive branch -- simply have had to reconcile themselves to higher spending levels -- the debate has been around how much higher those levels will go. Historically, then, the budget process has been one of reconcilable differences, ultimately resolved without too much controversy or consequence for either side of the political aisle. That is about to change.

Full article below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-r-hoopes-jr/irreconcilable-difference_b_822931.html

It's also permanently listed in the author archive:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-r-hoopes-jr/


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