Democrats' Three Years Of No Budget Is All About Deception

Congress: The last time the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate passed a budget was April 29, 2009 — 1,000 days ago. It's no mystery why: They don't want taxpayers to know about the trillions they're wasting.

A published budget would be an election-year death warrant for Senate Democrats, because Republican Senate candidates would stuff its highlights into every mailbox they could.

As Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., points out, going budget-less for so long has devastated our economy as Democrats have spent "$9.4 trillion and added $4.1 trillion to the national debt," plus over $1 trillion in deficits.

Is insisting on a budget just Republican carping? Back on April, 29, 2009, in his 15th week as president, Barack Obama expressed "how gratified I am that the House and the Senate passed a budget resolution today that will serve as an economic blueprint for this nation's future."

He made it a point to "thank Leader Reid, Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi, all the members of Congress who worked so quickly and effectively to make this blueprint a reality."

A budget, according to the president 1,000 days ago, is necessary "to lay a new foundation for growth." He praised Reid's 2009 budget for its massive new spending, like "new investments in renewable energy that will create millions of jobs and new industries, new investments in health care that will cut costs for families and businesses, and new savings that will bring down our deficit."

Since Obama gave those assurances, the jobs haven't materialized, health insurance premiums have risen significantly in expectation of ObamaCare and the deficit has skyrocketed.

What's more, as the Heritage Foundation's Mike Brownfield points out, taxes paid per household have exceeded $18,000, while federal spending per household has reached close to $30,000. "From 2010 to 2021, it is projected to rise to $35,773, a 22% increase," Brownfield warns.

There's a reason a budget is a statutory responsibility: so the people will know how politicians are spending their taxes. And there's a reason Harry Reid and Senate Democrats have contempt for that law: so their recklessness can be hidden from voters.