Anse Said: "This is why Republicans spend so much time picking apart liberal policy ideas, looking for blame when a downturn happens; they don't dwell on the fact that business cycles are normal and that corrections take place every so often."

If I understand what you are saying is that the Rep's want to lay blame when the cause is just the normal cycle. That very well may be true about the Rep's but does this not also point out the absurdity of laying out so much money and increasing our debt to fix something that will fix itself?

I think the problem with the Rep's is that much of what Obama is doing is not so very different from what W did or would do. That really is the problem in DC. They yell and argue and both parties go on their merry way ripping the country off. W spent too much which provides the Dem's with the excuse that W did it too. Then you add in the we won so we can do what we want and if you cannot picture two little children arguing I am not sure how objective you can be. I also love the arguments about how destructive W's overspending was as the proceed to overspend at an even more alarming rate.

I think the fix is very simple. We need to hold both parties to the fire and make them implement real measures that will help the country. While the pork in that bill is not a big deal it still comes out of more than 50 bucks for every person in the US roughly. Probably a decent number if you count only those who pay taxes. The argument is absurd. When I have a financial crisis I save where ever I can. To spend more than is needed because it is only a part of the problem is insane. You know the old saying 16 billion here 16 billion there and soon it starts to add up.

I may have heard this wrong but I thought I heard that the money spent under Obama and it is just 40 days now, is more than was spent by all the other administrations since the founding of the country.