Keith Hennessy: "Why I support the Boehner bill"

"It cuts spending and it doesn’t raise taxes. That is an improvement over current law.

There is nothing in the bill that I dislike. That’s a rarity.

It is better than the Reid bill, which is the next most likely alternative to become law if the Boehner bill fails.

It tees up this battle again in 4-6 months, providing another opportunity and keeping the pressure on to cut spending.

It creates a process that keeps our underlying fiscal policy problems front-and-center for the foreseeable future rather than punting them into 2013.

I can see no viable alternative strategy to enact a stronger bill."

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Full link: http://keithhennessey.com/2011/07/27/why-i-support-the-boehner-bill/