Originally Published In:
Easton Courier and Fairfield Minuteman (12/2006)
Congress is now in recess where they can do no further harm, which gives us another reason to be joyous over the holiday season. However, they’ll be back, bellies filled and batteries charged ready to wreak havoc on Fairfield residents in 2007. Looking back over 2006 Congress approved $2.77 trillion in discretionary, entitlement, and interest spending. However, there was much more to the government’s reach than the taxes we sent to Washington.
