Letters to the Editor: July 13, 2011

Even liberals in Arlington want to balance the budget I attended Rep. Jim Moran’s budget workshop Monday night in Ballston and was stunned by the number of concerned Northern Virginians who were committed to cutting billions of dollars in government spending in an effort to balance the budget and reduce the national debt.

Northern Virginia — and Arlington in particular — is very liberal, but on nearly every major spending issue presented by the nonpartisan Concord Coalition, attendees overwhelmingly supported dramatic cuts. One person in my group said: “We can’t keep spending. Everything must be on the table.”