[Wolfie]

Yeah, I’m sure fiscal repsonsibility is just another election away. Always is, so it seems.

[Puppage]

Yeah, I’m sure fiscal repsonsibility is just another election away. Always is, so it seems.

LOL. Fair enough.

[noiseman]

Most politicians and nearly all of the general public just don't seem to get the magnitude of the problem. Quibbling over whether we freeze the federal budget at 2008 levels or 2006 levels is ridiculous when in reality we need to be eliminating entire departments (Education, Energy, and most if not all of the EPA for a start).

The Tea Party movement that propelled Republicans to power in 2010 was primarily based upon a recognition of the need to return the federal government to its Constitutionally-mandated "box." If we're going to move even modestly toward that goal, we're going to have to make cuts that even most Republicans seem to believe are unthinkable. If we can't make these decisions now, in the depths of the worst financial crisis of most of our lifetimes, when will we?