the basic plan and controls of any business....the basic plan and control of all our households....the basic plan and controls of almost any entity that has people who know, understand expenses can not exceed income.

Since that knowledge is completely absent in Washington they continue with business as usual spending money they do not have.

And yes the real issue they are trying to avoid is putting numbers on the Obama era give away programs. As has been said in the past by democrats in Washington, an election year is not a good time to do a budget because of all the embarassing questions that will come up....hence since Obama and congress are always in campaign mode, they will continue to be quite satisfied to let the government spend itself into oblivion. No budget, no accountability, no responsibility hallmarks of the Obama administration.

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