Quote from jem:
I hear that in CA from democrats... They like to blame their failures on the idea that CA cant be governed.
The obvious point to anyone who is not a liberal or who who does not mooch off the govt is that you can't fix an overspending problem with more spending.
Lets start with a balanced budget and lower taxes and see how we do going forward.
and you are right about McCain... he is one of the full of shit conservatives in name only. He would have compromised us to the same problems as obama with his gang of idiots.
I don't think that there is any question among sensible people that more spending to cure overspending is not a viable solution, and a balanced budget would be a nice goal to keep in mind. The problem is, who bears the burden?
I'm not sure the republicans have much of a leg to stand on when answering for their culpability in this mess. Sure, there was some muffled grumbling about spending when GW was breaking the budget, and then it turned to a fever pitched roar when Obama continued in kind. Further, lowering taxes has done absolutely nothing to create jobs over the last decade, so that horse has been ridden and died.
There is going to be pain for any real recovery to take place. The only question is, will those that have prospered the most take some civil responsibility and share that pain, pain that they very much took part in creating? Or will they say, that ain't how it's works kids. We got ours, fuck you!

