Obama Sets Record for Deficit- 1.2 trillion more than previous record

What is the difference between living 20 years and living 80 years? What is the difference between earning $6 an hour and $24 an hour? What is the difference between eating three bites of a quarter pounder with cheese and eating the whole thing? What is the difference between a toddler bed and a king sized bed? What is the difference in an hour long trip when you drive 15 mph as opposed to 60 mph? What is the difference between a record federal deficit of $455 million and $1.6 trillion? The answer is "a lot of difference."

Barack Obama's budget is not simply "Bush spent a record amount and Obama is too." Obama's budget is not "we need to spend a little more to fight the recession." Obama's budget is not in any way, shape, or form comparable to the previous 200 year history of our nation. Bush's budget deficits, while bad, at least were comparable to Clinton's and Reagan's- you could see the natural progression and most of the deficits were attributable to one specific policy (the war in Iraq). But Obama's first year in office is indeed change- the amount of money that he is spending that our nation does not have is not comparable to anything, and is not attributed to one specific policy (that our nation could debate, discuss, and vote on). Rather, it is an undisciplined orgy of spending on pork, special projects, and who knows what else.

Some liberals shrug and pretend the deficit doesn't matter. They think money is created out of air and has no real value. When the government borrows money, there is less money to be borrowed by private companies, thus limiting growth and development in our nation. The government borrowing of money will encourage inflation, making everyone poorer. The government borrowing of money means that our children and grandchildren will be born owing money for services they are did not agree to- this destroys the principle of democracy. A large government debt is a bad thing.

And this is all without further stimulus packages, a cap and trade scheme, and Obamacare. Things are really bad, but passing any one of those could be the end of the America. Again- Democrat President Obama and the Democrat Congress have are going to set a record deficit in spending this year, quadrupling the previous record deficit of 2008. They (the White House and CBO) say that we will add $9 trillion in debt over the next 10 years- I predict that if you or your friends support and vote for Democrats in 2010 and 2012, it will be $20 trillion and the end of our nation.