It's Not Just That Families Can't Buy

Aging Nations Have Arteries Clogged With Obsolete Laws, Slowing Blood Flow And Preventing Oxygen From Reaching All Parts Of The Body Politic. Physicians Call This Arteriosclerosis; Historians See Decline Of Empire.

We Are Scheduled To Meet This Year Fewer Days Than Any Congress Since At Least 1948. And That Is Even Before I Was Born. So Far, We Are In The 123rd Day Of This Year, And Yet We Have Only Had 26 Voting Days In This Body. That Is A Shame.

First, The Year 2004, The Year Past, The Comptroller General Of The United States, David A. Walker, Said That Arguably It Was The Worst Year In American Fiscal History, Clearly Setting Our Nation On An Unsustainable Path.

It Took The First 204 Years Of Our Nation's History To Accumulate $1 Trillion In Debt. And Now We Are Doing That Every 2 Or 3 Years.

Bush May Be A Strong Leader In The War On Terrorism, But On Budget Deficits He Is Missing-in-action.