"On Thursday the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced the federal budget deficit for 2010 will exceed $1.3 trillion. This is already on the heels of a 2009 budget deficit of $1.2 trillion and on top of a national debt of some $13.3 trillion. The word 'trillion' seems to have, almost overnight, crept into our standard economic parlance and by the looks of it is here to stay. And with the CBO's forecast of more than $6 trillion in federal budget deficits accruing over the next nine years from 2010 to 2019, many are logically wondering if the United States has effectively crossed, or is fast approaching, a virtual economic point of no return -- an economic Rubicon if you will." --columnist Matt O'Connor
This can only happen if we let it. This can only happen if we are too lazy or to disinterested to hold our elected officials responsible for their actions. Speak to your friends, speak to your neighbors, and write to your elected representatives. We have to convince those in Washington that if that will not return the government to a fiscally responsible path and back to a proper constitutional mandate we will find someone who will. This recent election was a good start but we cannot go back to our normal lives and just hope this congress will do the right thing.
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing”, we cannot afford to be do nothing citizens.
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