It probably won’t surprise you to hear that Washington right now represents far and away the most significant drag on the economy’s growth.

You may want to read more of this commentary by Mark Zandi in the Sunday, October 27 Philadelphia Inquirer. Mark Zandi is chief economist of Moody’s Analytics and those of us in the Philadelphia area are lucky enough to get his opinions in the Sunday paper.

Congressional actions are clearly Worse Than Do-Nothing. They are doing actual harm to the economy. The good news is they don’t actual have to behave that way. Read his commentary and see if you agree.