We can try and reinstitute a first-year deficit test, and we can try and reinstitute a second 5 years deficit test. We can adopt a scoring rule that prohibits shifts such as the corporate estimated tax shift from being used to satisfy pay-go. But I am not confident they will accept such changes. They seem determined to keep up what the Wall Street Journal called ``a con game from the very start.''
Discussing potential changes to fiscal policy and budget rules.
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