Angus King actually said...

Americans' lives are being put at risk by this policy.

The arithmetic does not work. And, I think of the No Tax Pledge as a kind of ratchet that only works in one direction.

It is much easier to spend than it is to tax. So, deficits are almost hard-wired into the system unless there is a discipline.

If you put a balanced budget amendment on top of that situation, with the mandatory rise caused mostly by health care and demographics, and ...