Easier to add debt than choose

http://thehill.com/opinion/judd-gregg/212789-gregg-easier-to-add-debt-than-make-choices#ixzz386LB8c1O

People point facts like this out all the time. But the response from the president and the Congress is to add more spending that has not been paid for, thus increasing the debt problem.
The two most recent cases are the supposed ‘fix’ of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the highway bill.
The VA bill, which would expand services at a cost estimated by the Congressional Budget Office at about $50 billion over 10 years, came to the floor of the Senate via a tactical procedure.