Very good point. The only difficulty in articulating that point is that people seem to only take the numbers at face value, as they cannot seem to think about the long term.
What these people need to realize is that these politicians set in motion a function that requires energy. Much like a machine needs energy to run, every government function requires ongoing tax money to run.
However Obama’s main point of difficulty is that he is unable to postpone everything to “tomorrow” without realizing that some things need to be “taken away” to sustain the pressure both today and aggressively tomorrow. Much of his damage was done in his first 100 days, when his political capital was at its highest. But the consequences have caused his disapproval rating to rise and his approval ratings to dip.
Case in point:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
I know. This can be documented. What’s killing us is the compounded interest.