> In the US and several counties G is well over budget and has been for a long time. I don't agree. G has been reduced considerably recently. Under Bill Clinto

> In the US and several counties G is well over budget and has been for a long time. I don't agree. G has been reduced considerably recently. Under Bill Clinton, G was higher and the U.S. ran a budget surplus. It's an old tactic: Cut taxes (now to historically low levels) and then say the country can't afford to pay for anything. The solution is to increase taxes. The U.S. economy is the largest in history (for the U.S. or any nation); the nation can afford more G than it ever could before. All the money is concentrated in the hands of a few, but as long as they pay their share the federal budget, at least, shouldn't be a problem.