Baron Hill does not-so-stand-up comedy

Or not so "stand-up", actually...

Check out this lovely excerpt from Baron's latest email to his constituents. Can you believe he's still claiming to adhere to "long-term fiscal health", "pay-as-you-go budgeting", "fiscal sustainability"-- and bragging about cutting $7 billion from the budget?!

HILARIOUS!!!

...the House and Senate recently passed Fiscal Year 2010 budget resolutions. I supported the House version and truly believe it is a blueprint for how we can address our immediate economic concerns and long-term fiscal health simultaneously. In the short term, the bill cuts taxes for middle-class Hoosier families, while ending tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas. In the long term, the budget lays out the path for a return to statutory pay-as-you-go budgeting (PAYGO) while finally addressing the most serious strains on our economy – health care and energy.

I played a key role in securing the statutory PAYGO language in this budget. This provision requires that future fiscal action on measures like the Alternative Minimum Tax, estate tax and Medicare Doctor Fix are all reliant upon House passage of statutory PAYGO.

In addition, my Blue Dog Coalition colleagues and I cut more than $7 billion from the President’s budget while keeping his request for a significant increase in Veterans funding intact. And, we successfully put in place guarantees that the reserve fund for health care reform does not increase the deficit.

This budget is not only a refreshingly-honest accounting of our nation’s finances, but a commitment to return to fiscal sustainability and making strategic investments in healthcare reform, education and energy independence.