While I was on vacation, Congress passed legislation with regard to corporate responsibility. I think that may be the biggest, most blatant example of "do as I say, not as I do" in the history of mankind. Don't misunderstand.Corporate CEOs and CFOs need to be held accountable when they create debacles like Enron, WorldCom and Xerox. I have no problem with any of that.Corporate responsibility certainly is a worthy goal for American business and the economy. But how about a little congressional responsibility while we're at it? Congress has budget caps to guide them as they relentlessly spend our tax dollars. But Congress routinely passes what they call "supplemental spending bills" to get around the caps.Then they go a step further and call it an "emergency" bill or a "stopgap" bill.Then they say that the stopgap or emergency spending doesn't really count against the budget during the year when the "emergency" occurred.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016