COLUMBIA — Federal budget deficits and sequestrations, the “fiscal cliff” and the perennial cry that some federal program is going bankrupt are most likely here to stay. Blame the design of our political system. These fiscal problems did not just start yesterday.
DAVID WEBBER: Political system makes fiscal discipline hard to recover
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CDT
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