Hoyer: Shared Sacrifices Will Solve the Debt Crisis   For
Immediate Release:  April 28, 2010  Contact:Steny Hoyer  Wall
Street Journal    Both parties must learn: What is politically
easy is often fiscally deadly. It's easier to hide the costs of
war than to put those costs in front of the public. It's easier
to promise 95% of Americans that we won't consider raising their
taxes than to have a frank conversation about the realities of
our balance sheet.  Voters are demanding that Washington take
fiscal responsibility seriously. Democrats agree. But the public
has a responsibility, too: To understand that lower taxes and
higher spending may be popular, but they are a dangerous
combination that leads to exploding deficits.  Health-care
costs, as I noted, are one of our main challenges. According to
the Congressional Budget Office the health-care bill will put us
on a path to bring down those costs, incorporating many of the
best ideas from both Republicans and Democrats. But Congress
will need to ensure that as