Spreadin' It Around

I didn't vote for President Obama, but I hoped for the best when he was elected. I thought, maybe he would usher in a new era of good feelings, or perhaps emulate President Eisenhower and place himself above partisan politics. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, but his reckless spending is too much to bear. Is he trying to dig a hole to China?

Does this administration and its confreres in congress not notice or not care about the unsustainable debt they are creating?

What's the endgame?

I keep wondering what the Democratic end game is, and I think it is this: Once the budget is passed, they will come back and say they are forced to raise taxes. The President and Democratic Congressmen will invoke paygo to get the blue dogs on board and their line will go something like this:

"The American people want all these programs, and they must be paid for. Anything less would be irresponsible."

The NeoComms don't want to destroy capitalism like the old fashioned communists did--They want to chain it to the mill wheel and milk it for all its worth. I know, it's a mixed metaphor, but coherence counts for very little these days.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/us/politics/03budget.html?ref=politics
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/budget_debate_shows_washington.html
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/04/03/a_dose_of_fiscal_reality_for_obama/
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/obamas_ultimate_agenda.html