Our view: States serious on budget, unlike Washington

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-03-07-editorial07_ST_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

To the casual observer, the budget skirmishes in the states and in Washington might seem like different parts of a common war. Both are noisy endeavors that generally pit Republicans against Democrats. Both have prompted the usual opinion mongers and special interests to line up in their predictable ways.