Tuerck: Support "Cut, Cap and Balance"

Having reviewed the House-passed Cut Cap and Balance Act of 2011, I have reached the conclusion that the Senate should adopt this legislation and send it on to the President. The Act provides the only effective solution to the country’s budget crisis, which is to cap federal spending well below current levels. The provision to cap spending at 19.9% of GDP by 2021 would bring spending back toward its historical norm and prevent the kind of binge spending that we have witnessed over the past two years. This is the only way to prevent a repeat of the misspending that has brought us to this point. I urge Senators Brown and Kerry to vote yes.

David G. Tuerck
Executive Director, The Beacon Hill Institute
Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics
Suffolk University