An outstanding point. And who has been in power these last 3 years, and what have they done to stem this?
I'm sure you'll have an insightful reply, absent any political bias.
The American consumer,in all of his glorious ignorance about the economy and history of monitization of the debt time after time after time, is responsible. I suppose you want me to say President Bush. I shutter to think what Al Gore or John Kerry would do. I do fault the Republican congress substantially, but to think a Democrat house and senate would have been constrained is material for comic books. I would remind those who are smug about the U.S.A being in this fix, even Democrats are in the same lifeboat. You can delegate blame all you want and it will be sound and fury signifying nothing. If you are a democrat and I am a Republican, we debate issues, disagree or agree and formulate policy. I can't help but believe that even a Democrat, in his right mind, would recognize a little thing called 9-11. The war in Iraq is another issue people can debate. But we out here in the hinterland have the luxury of not knowing what President Bush knows. But I do believe we can rely on his fundamental decency. Surely you did the math on the proposals Kerry put forth. Insanity. Even you, as a democrat, need to see what is coming. Please guard yourself.