NYT Says Ignore Those 9 Million Missing Jobs, the Budget Is Projected to Be Out of Balance in Ten Years

This is only a very slight caricature of Jonathan Weisman's "Congressional Memo" in today's NYT. He tells readers:

"For three years, Congressional leaders have relied on tactical maneuvers, sleights of hand and sheer gimmickry to move the nation from one fiscal crisis to the next — with little strategy to deal with the actual problems at hand. Medicare and Social Security continue to swell with an aging population. Health care costs grow. A burdensome tax code remains unchanged, and economic...