The Republican Pledge is out and available. It's set to cost America trillions.
The Republican spending habit gets worse and the Democrats are thrilled to have a big, bold target just before the midterms.
Republicans love it because it's an agenda. They can't be accused of lacking ideas. From big-ticket items like extending the Bush tax cuts and repealing the health-care bill and reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to smaller ideas like non-security discretionary spending caps and federal hiring freezes, there's a long list of actionable policies in the document. The Democrats agree -- and gleefully note that those policies would, in total, increase the deficit by trillions of dollars. ...Ezra Klein
