As for spending money they don’t have, the Bush administration is definitely the biggest culprit. Expensive wars, expensive unfunded medicare benefits, tax cuts. Obama also has increased the deficit through his reaction to the economic downturn.

The difference is that Bush spent the money on pointless things that help the country in no way while Obama’s deficit is due to the economic necessities brought on by our recession.

The whole welfare state that Democrats have created in the federal government is hardly Constitutional. Cut the expenses of non-constitutional welfare spending, end the cycle of generations suckling at the teat of the taxpayers and force them to get a job.

The problem with Obama and the Democrats is they keep spending money they don’t have. They keep spending money on non-Constitutional welfare state programs and running the economy into the ground.

Unfortunately inflation is far more destructive to the common man than increased taxes. When our taxes go up we only pay the increase on what we made that year, but when inflation goes up, all of our savings become less valuable. During this last financial crises the Federal Reserve doubled the money supply. Once this money starts circulating inflation is going to be bad.

Not to start an argument about government taxation but I think reducing taxes on things associated with income is a good idea and shouldn’t be stopped. Our entitlement society admittedly is pretty out there but there is only so much savings you can get from raising taxes. Particularly when our economy is in this shape and common sense is the only way left to get out of it in a reasonable time frame.

As for reducing spending, I believe its proven to be necessary. But looking at it in a different light should have a better impact. Even if we reduced spending significantly, we would only be back down to the spending levels of the 90s. So while people tend to paint a doom and gloom pictures of fewer services and people starving in the streets, it’s all just rhetoric.

As for raising taxes, I believe its proven to be necessary. But looking at it in a different light should have a better impact. Even if we raised taxes significantly, we would only be back up to the tax levels of the 90s. So while people tend to paint a doom and gloom pictures of insane taxes and runaway spending, its all just rhetoric.