Kirk Benson seems to think that politicians exist to serve the people. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed that city, California politicians wanted the Federal government to pay for the rebuilding of the city. President Grover Cleveland told them that “The people support the government. The government does not support the people.” Contrast that with Hurricane Katrina. The Feds coughed yp and are still coughing up billions.
Whenever some suggestion is made to cut spending the response is that it is only a tiny, little percentage of the total budget so it is too small to maytter and nothing is ever cut.
At this rate the country is doomed to bankruptcy once people or countries quit buying our debt. Of course the polticians don’t care because they think their pensions will be safe and the crash won’t come for years. I think the Tea Partiers need to march up Pennsylvania with pitchforks and ropes.
