The topic in Something to Think About is “Compromise: You Win Some and You Lose Some.” Congress accomplished something that hasn’t been done for a number of years. They actually completed budget bills for spending and for taxes, avoiding what had been business as usual, that is passing a continuing resolution to keep the budget the same as the year before and at the last minute merely renewing the expiring tax preferences.

The bills were a compromise, with each party getting some of their policies included, but not succeeding on all matters that resulted in criticisms from both parties. Who were the major winners and who were the losers? Is the overall package the “Right Thing to do?”