I guess I went to a different math class then you VK. 8% increase in spending for the federal budget? I think you should go check that again. I did. I got a number significantly higher then yours. Also, 8500 earmarks? By my math again it was 9500, but who's counting. Oh, yes, Mr Obama was counting. And he stood in front of the world and said there was zero earmarks in the bill. Made the point several times. Does that mean he was lying to us? Or did he just take a different math class then you and I did? Or perhaps his definition of an earmark or pork as we have all known it for the last 50 years is different than ours. Actually the pork was higher then the stimulus. A trillion here a trillion there, who cares, it's our kids and grandkids who will pay for it in taxes or inflation, not you and me. And didn't I read someplace there are less of them than us? Must be that new math again.