>>I think (hope) that a long time will pass before the US has a President as incompetent as this one. Talk about squandering a nation's inheritance. He has said that the Democrats like to "tax and spend". Well, after Republicans talked for years about fiscal responsibility he has proved that their motto must be "borrow and spend". Don't worry, the kids will pay the bills.
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>Ummm, hello? Congress is responsible for this mess. The Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans. By the time a bill lands on the President's desk, it is all-or-nothing; he has to either accept the legislation - with all of the "earmarks" attached to it - or veto it.

See http://ustudies.semo.edu/ui320-75/course/presandcongress.asp Since 1995 both houses of US Congress have been under Republican control except in 2001-2002 when Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont switched from the Republican Party to Independent status and made it 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans and 1 Independent.