Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Conservatives for almost two years now have claimed that the federal budget deficit is solely a spending problem—and that the solution, therefore, is to just cut spending as deeply as possible. Before the 2010 congressional elections, then-House of Representatives Minority Leader Boehner (R-OH) promised to find $100 billion in cuts in the first year of the new Congress. Since then, the newly elected House majority has been long on boastful claims but short on specifics.
