Jonetta Rose Barras: Reducing spending in D.C.

Published July 29, 2009 4:00am ET



The D.C. Council Friday will vote to make massive and deep cuts in the city’s budget for the next two years to close a nearly $700 million revenue shortfall. That’s a good thing.

But, don’t expect the crew of liberals to close that gap solely with reductions in spending. They won’t be able to restrain themselves from so-called “revenue enhancements” — a euphemism for fee and tax increases.

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