Jack Kingston: “My rule of political progress goes something like this: First you lock in everything you can get; then you denounce it…”

“My rule of political progress goes something like this: First you lock in everything you can get; then you denounce it as grossly inadequate. If you get the order wrong, the perfect becomes the enemy of the good, and in an unholy alliance with the bad, the perfect crushes the good every time. Therefore, I like the budget deal. Can I imagine a better one? Very easily; but I have no particular reason to think that my musings are going to be enacted by Congress and signed by the President. In short, the deal is the only game in town. What it leads us to, Mr. Speaker, is a smaller government, lower spending, lower taxes and a balanced budget and that, Mr. Speaker, is a very good start.”