For the record, in 1974 I applied to law school using a picture of me in a brown crushed velvet sports jacket with huge lapels, a wide brown crushed velvet tie, a patterned shirt with a large collar, hair almost to my shoulders, and a mustache attached to my application.

Why is that important?  You'll know after you take a look at my weekly "Fiscal Fitness" column from Roll Call.

The Budget Act Was A Lot Hipper in 1974 Than It Is Today

Roll Call

April 1, 2008

What do the following have in common: the already-enacted economic stimulus, a second economic stimulus, a homeowner bailout, the Bear Sterns rescue by the Federal Reserve, and the soon-to-be-considered emergency supplemental appropriation for activities in Iraq and Afghanistan?