And meanwhile, the government spent over a trillion dollars more in FY 2009 than it had received in revenue. Over half of government spending is in three areas

And meanwhile, the government spent over a trillion dollars more in FY 2009 than it had received in revenue. Over half of government spending is in three areas that will not be touched by members of either party: Defense, Social Security, and Medicare & Medicaid. Whining about the loss of a piddly $6.5 billion one year is like going on about cutting pork or "waste" - a demonstration that one wants to appeal to peoples' anxieties about unsustainable government spending while being utterly uninterested in doing anything about the problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget