Matthew Yglesias makes a simple statement that I would think would be simple to disprove if it's not true: That while Republicans may say they think the budget deficit in this country is too high, they never actually do anything that would reduce it. This ties in with my long-held belief that we give way too much weight to what politicians say, as opposed to what they actually do. Can anyone point to any real recent example of the G.O.P. doing anything in the cause of deficit reduction other than to merely oppose anything Democrats want to spend money on?