“We all know how we got into this economic mess. We spent too much, borrowed with abandon, and acted like the bills would never come due. So what’s the prescription for getting out? Spending more, borrowing more, and acting like the bills will never come due.”
Steve Chapman (columnist and editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune) - January 22, 2009
http://www.reason.com/news/show/131190.html
( . . . to abandon restraint so that we can overcome the consequences of excess?)