In the OPINION section of the Austin Statesman, David Brooks argues that budgeting “has to be balanced”. He posted this article on Feb. 23, 2011, titled "Brooks: Just make everybody hurt. According to him and his title it has to “Make everyone hurt”. He feels this way because of the agenda has been taken over by the budget cutters, while the “government defenders are waging tactical retreats”. Brooks feels that these fiscal problems could remain constant for about 20 years. However, he is now doing things to help it. “Setting precedent for a precess that will last decades.” He also talks about Wisconsin and the citizens of the state as being unhappy. He then proceeds a good, witty argument that “he and the Republican majorities in Wisconsin were elected, and they are doing exactly what they told voters they would do”. I feel that the author is trying to get across to the whole nation by giving an example of the Wisconsin situation. However, when first reading his article the reader would think that it is only a Wisconsin problem. I feel that it is a problem across the United States, just as he does. Brooks should explain more about the whole picture instead of one piece of the puzzle. His argument is great and has a lot of backing up. He mentions in the article that “getting state and federal budgets under control will take decades.” I agree with him that it will take a long while to get everything under control using certain approaches. Brooks analysis of making everyone hurt seems brutal but it definitely makes sense when you have everything to back it up. As Brook says, “There will never be public acceptance if large sectors of society are excluded.”
