It just gets dumber and dumber. Trying to spend yourself into a more solvent fiscal situation is like trying to drink yourself sober.

The downfall of the USSR was trying to keep pace with the US Ruble-for-Dollar in defense spending. We had a strong economy then and they were fiscally weak.

Now here we are with a weak economy and we're trying to outspend the rest of the world, and we're doing it by hocking the future like there isn't going to be one anyway. At this rate.........