‘Emergency’ Spending

' “Call it an emergency — done,” says Cato Institute budget specialist Romina Boccia. “Spend the money on whatever you want.”
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They gave $296 million to NASA for ’emergency infrastructure.’ What’s ’emergency infrastructure?'” I ask.

“That’s not really a thing,” she replies. “It’s just a way to plus up the NASA budget … a huge slush fund.”

“How do they justify this?”

“They don’t even try!” Boccia complains. “Unfortunately, Congress has complete discretion over what it calls ’emergency.'”
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“By the end of this decade, spending will be about $10 trillion,” says Boccia. “Who will be willing to lend that money to the U.S. government?” '


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