even,

I jumped on your argument earlier, but I get what you are getting at here, I believe. Just so you aren't fighting Doog alone on "rampant govt spending"...

I'm not sure how the govt paid/is paying/will pay for the stimulus package/bank bailout. And I agree, printing/borrowing from China is bad because it would likely lead to devaluation of the value of a dollar. I am not even positive about what the stimulus package actually accomplished/will accomplish, but I know I haven't been in a bread line yet, and god knows if I would/would not have been without it (if you claim you know, I won't take your side again on anything). We are spending a lot, but part of me sees some logic in cost-reductions and/or long-term risk minimization supplied by health reform.

Sorry about all the backslashes above and the state of CA to my left.

Balance the budget, tax legal pot.