/scratches head

I dont really understand where you are coming from with this.

Honestly.

If I was a congresscritter and someone proposed a bill to return to Clinton era levels of spending and taxation I would vote for it in a heartbeat.

You asked why people were resistant to handing the current crop of crooks more money. I explained it. If we could find people in either party who acted more like statesmen and less like crooks, people would feel better about trusting them with more money.

If govt cut spending to match current income, I would have no problems with then paying more taxes as surplus to pay down the debt. I dont think many people would.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)