Deficit scolds are the most crazed ideologues in America

Ron Fournier's economics are garbage. But that won't stop him and his ilk from banging the deficit drum.

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A new Congressional Budget Office report shows that the projected increase in the national debt has slowed dramatically. Good news for deficit scolds, right? Not for Ron Fournier, who still thinks the nation is on its last legs:

Only in Washington, the place where you land when you fall through the looking glass, could this be hailed as good news... Our deficit levels (annual totals of red ink) are stalled at breathtakingly high levels — and are projected to soar again in a few years... Scary news, right? Not according to many media outlets and a cynical leadership class in Washington. Some news organizations focused on the sugar-high of good news — the (temporary) dip in deficits.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.