And Ryan Avent Calls Out the Shoggoth that Is Ben Nelson...

Ryan:

Fiscal policy: Not serious: LAST night, the Senate opted to kill an economic assistance package.... The reason? Well, according to Ben Nelson the problem was that, "$77 billion or more of this is not paid for... and that translates into deficit spending and adding to the debt, and the American people are right: We've got to stop doing that." This is... completely absurd. The reasons to be concerned about debt levels are that you're worried about the ability to continue funding...