He doesn't come across as particularly intelligent That's perspective I guess, mine is different than yours. and I think you'll find that alot of the budget problems came about as a result of the excessive spending related to Afghanistan and Iraq. Not excessive spending...NECESSARY spending. True, the tax cuts put money back into people's pockets and that generates spending in the economy but the vast bulk of the tax cuts benefitted the rich and the "rich" pay the vast majority of the taxes. and that money does not go back into the mix, it goes straight into the stock market which allows companies to invest in their infastructure...expand...and create jobs.
Why do you think the prescription drug benefit is rediculous? It's not means tested...which should be a requirement for any government dole. We have a national health service here that takes care of people who cannot afford private health care. What are your taxes? I don't understand how America can be proud of having so many people with no access to healthcare when it is the most prosperous nation on earth. Some of it's over priced for sure...and I'm not oppossed to a MEANS tested method of providing some type of health care coverage. We do indeed have about 40 million who don't have health care...some of those by choice...some in between jobs (they should be allowed to carry their group health benefit with them until they get a new job...they'd have to pay the employer portion...one thing that would help ENORMOUSLY is allowing small businesses to get together and buy Health Insurance together. There are a lot of answers that don't require a lot of government spending. My health care is paid for and provided by the government...trust me....it's not done well.
One reason our health care costs so much is because it's also the best in the world.