Although we've already told you there is a silver lining or two, the fact remains that the two-year budget deal negotiated by Republican and Democrat leaders in Congress is exactly the opposite of what the country needs right now. It's true that it will more adequately fund the military, and that's important. But in order to get there, Republicans basically allowed the Democrats to remove all restraints on federal spending, while messing up the revenue stream by extending 35 tax breaks that were supposed to expire.
This is exactly the opposite of the fiscal discipline we need, and it's exactly the opposite of the tax simplification we should be moving toward.