Originally Posted by SteveZ

It does not matter whether all of this spending can be laid at the feet of Bush, Clinton, Obama or the Easter Bunny. They are all guilty to some degree, with one exception (guess which one). The only thing that matters is that it's happening, our representatives (our elected agents!) irresponsibly authorized the spending without any idea what the bill contained, and our agent-representatives are still spending public money (that doesn't even really exist) like intoxicated conventioneers with the Administration's encouragement (and yes, the prior administration also encouraged it).

At some point this money-printing and spending spree has to stop, before the dollar becomes virtually worthless in the world exchange and inflation a-la-Venezuela occurs here.

So, until we get our economy back, creating more public programs without and until creating more taxpayers to help pay for them is utter lunacy. Bankrupting the remaining taxpayers still left in our economy is not the "change" anybody wants.[/QUOTE]