Frederick News-Post editorial: Politicians' tightrope
Originally published August 15, 2010
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_editorial.htm?StoryID=108591
Any member of Congress is faced with a dilemma in this age of outrage against government spending.
On the one hand, to be seen as effective, to assure his or her constituency that he or she is doing something, money needs to flow back into the district from federal coffers.
Roads and bridges need to be built, interstates mended, businesses boosted, jobs created.
On the other hand, our lawmakers mustn't be seen to be too greedy; in fact, they must eschew government spending, take a stand against it. In extreme cases, they must reject it altogether.
It's a tightrope walk for most politicians, a delicate dance between conflicting poles.
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We can see both sides of this equation, and it was pointed out rather sharply in reporter Meg Tully's Political Notes column on Friday.
Andrew Duck, a Democrat running in District 6, fired a salvo at U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett after he saw
Duck pointed out that
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