[cmh89]

>If companies or individuals were to run their own finances like politicians run government finances, they'd go bankrupt and/or land in jail pretty quickly.

Amazingly, the government is structured differently than your family's finances! I'm all for fiscal responsibility and would love to see the US slash it's corporate welfare budget, but the government is not a family and shouldn't be run like one.

[kelthan]

Government spending and business/personal finance management are two completely different things. While lots of people like to equate them, they are fundamentally very different.