We must sacrifice to pay today's bills
Sunday, October 9, 2005
Two weeks ago this column was devoted to the spiraling cost of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I said then - and I repeat today - we cannot put this expense off on future generations and we cannot expect the dwindling number of taxpayers to dig even deeper to pay these costs. We must find ways to reduce federal spending in the short-term to pay the bills that will soon come due.