The 10 worst Republican budget gimmicks

David Rothkopf : Voters love bold spending cuts in theory but hate them in practice in practice.

He says voters want deficit reduction and a smaller government, but voters demand even more spending.

He lists 10 GOP budget gimmicks: Fake expiration dates, fake budget resolutions, fake economic scenarios, fake budgets, faking budget cuts, he says.

Julian Zelizer : GOP Congresses have been happy to give GOP presidents a blank check on spending.

Zelizer says they have tried to clip the wings of Democratic presidents by pressuring them to sign laws setting tight multi-year caps on discretionary spending.

Since 2015 alone, Congress has slashed taxes and expanded mandatory spending by $7 trillion with zero enforcement of PAYGO and CUTGO rules, he says.