[SeeSharp]

The spending cuts are the right thing to do. Raising taxes is the wrong thing to do. They should have lowered taxes and cut public spending even further. Recovery can only be brought about by private sector investments. Who is going to invest when they know their profits are just going to be taxed away?

[shove_it]

Agreed. They (and we) need to lop off government bureaucracies that obstruct free enterprise - the list of them is staggering:

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml