Chuck Grassley: “Let me remind you that extremism in tax policy at the expense of no budget resolution is a vice. Moderation in tax…”

“Let me remind you that extremism in tax policy at the expense of no budget resolution is a vice. Moderation in tax policy in pursuant of a budget resolution is a virtue. Fiscal conservatism is a virtue. No budget equals no spending ceilings and that equals a vice against taxpayers. Our economy has not recovered as we had hoped. Too many factories are shut or running below capacity. Too many workers are looking for work and need jobs to provide for their families. Stock prices have remained well below the ``bubble'' prices of the late 1990's. Americans wonder when their 401(k) accounts will bounce back.”