What's the alternative, Matt? Which war do you want to end? Whose medicare gets cut off? Which banks would you like to see go under? Whose social security check do you want frozen? Who doesn't get food stamps? Whose house doesn't get rebuilt in New Orleans? Which levy doesn't get fixed? What state doesn't get help because the property values have sunk so low and unemployment is over nine percent? What kid doesn't get lunch?
I'm not saying that there isn't a place for government services, so don't paint me as someone who won't care about starving kids, drowning cities, or sick and homeless old folks.
When does it end though? When does the well run dry, or do we keep drilling for everything which appears to be a necessity? We seemed to be doing ok for the past 65 years, weathering significant downturns and unemployment without tripling deficit expenditures.
Do you think that every line item in ARRA is actually helping to improve the lot of the downtrodden? Creating sustainable jobs? Building a better America? That's only one piece of legislation, not the entire budget with pet projects, earmarks, and guaranteed spending for hundreds of other projects which at least someone perceives as a necessity.
Worst of all though, this is the continuation of a debt cycle that the US government relies on to get out of bad times, but that barely relents during growth periods. When overspending becomes routine in citizens, we get bubbles and bankruptcy when the illusion falters. When government overspending gets routine, they get reelected.
