Big Government

From Boortz:

WE WILL NEVER REDUCE THE SIZE OR COST OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Never. It just isn't going to happen. ..
President Bush's budget for fiscal year 2006 included cuts to Medicaid (welfare for states,) community development and school aid. The cuts were miniscule. Spending in these areas had been growing at record rates for the first four years of the Bush administration. Now cuts are proposed that amount to less than one-half of one percent in some cases, and only cuts in projected spending increases in others ... and the Senate, the Republican controlled Senate, just couldn't go along. The Senate passed a $2.6 trillion budget yesterday that removed the cuts. The budget was approved by a vote of 51 to 49. This just goes to show you that when it comes to spending by the Imperial Federal Government in this country, we have reached a point where there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans. Each wants to spend essentially the same amount of money, neither will cut entitlements and both have absolutely no political will to ever balance the current budget. Both sides want big government. Both sides want government to grow. We've reached government critical mass, and there will be no turning back. On the plus side, the Senate did approve some additional tax cuts. That is apparently the only way to ultimately cut spending: starve the beast.