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And the U.S. doesn't currently take in 2.7 trillion in taxes annually. More deficits and debts for our children to pay.

We don't have to accept the President's budget. There is no reason why the Congress can't write a budget that will be in balance, except they would then be replaced in the next elections by voters who demand their programs be expanded.

I'm sure the President's budget is a well reasoned approach to getting us to a balanced budget over a time frame the administration thinks is politically viable. It's possible the budget can be improved by the Congress and the recent Alito confirmation gives me hope that Republicans are marching in unison and the rats are fractured. Republicans may have enough loyalty to skim a few DINOs and pass some stuff.

Republicans are bolstered by the fact that rats have been complaining about ballooning deficits, but they are unable to act on those complaints by proposing deeper cuts.

PresBush and the GOP Congress spend the taxpayers money like liberals. If the Democrats controlled the federal government, they'd spend more like socialists. Neither case is acceptable to conservatives.

The GOP had tremendous success in the 1990`s, holding Clinton in check on spending. But they can't hold this GOP President's liberal spending habits in check, or their own pork barrel spending. Pathetic.

"There is no reason why the Congress can't write a budget that will be in balance, except they would then be replaced in the next elections by voters who demand their programs be expanded."

This is really a defeatist attitude. In the latter half of the nineties, the executive and legislative branches all supported balanced budgets, despite their differences. Today, one party runs the whole show, so why can't they get it do the same? Our grandchildren will be paying for the irresponsible behavior of the last few years.