johnnyba wrote:
How so?

Assuming, that is, you are not going to wander of the subject of "compromise vs. other alternatives".

As far as I can tell the constitution requires that congress pass a budget and the President sign it.

That sounds like something requiring compromise.
The House wrote and passed a budget, the Senate, not so much.

In order for there to be compromise, both sides must put forth their positions.

One side in the budget question is making impossible to compromise.


"Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with." -- Milton Friedman