Someone said the budget is a moral document. In today’s NY Times, Bob Herbert talks about what the budget-cutters and Obama are going to do to our poorer brothers and sisters. The President’s budget director, Jacob Lew, said in The New York Times: “The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.” The President should listen to him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/opinion/20herbert.html?_r=1&ref=opinion