The money would have come from taxpayers. If taxpayers want something and are willing to fund it, then taxes are levied and the monies provided. There is no magic money fountain. The only money the Government has is what We, The People throw into the kitty.

When politicians ask "how are we going to pay for a tax cut?" I get ticked off. We PAY for oblligations and expenditures by taxes. If we cut taxes, all that means is the govenrment has less money to play with, and must cut obligations and expenditures accordingly. That's not rocket science - that's plain and simple money management. There is too much pork now, and the pig can afford to go on a diet now and then.

The idea that the dipping into people's pockets can continue at a certain level because they are used to it, and the government can take any unoblilgated money and spend it like a teenager who just found a $20 bill on the ground is ridilculous.