There were those on this board that didn't like the fact that Bush was running up the debt.
The threads are here.
There are those of us that wanted him to at least veto the bills put before him by Pelosi. It's almost like he gave away the medicine cabinet. Whatever they wanted passed they attached to spending associated to the troops and Bush passed them.
Pork transcends political parties.
The bull**** spending is catching up with them. this is why the Tea Parties were a success. It wasn't a R or D thing. This was a "Fed Up" thing.
Until a sitting President has the backbone to actually stand up and veto everything and then use the Bully Pulpit to back his decisions we won't have any fiscal responsibility. It doesn't matter what party he or she comes from. Until we have a congress that understands building Mafia museums, Ketchup research, and 8 lane highways in North Dakota is wasteful spending we will have the status quo.
No, spending must be stopped now. I'd even go so far as to show the American people by freezing it for a day or a week to show what it can save.