Then there's the semi-defined "healthcare" plan. Funding a government alternative for healthcare has led to concepts like a tax on sugar-based soft drinks -- an effort that has not met with much enthusiasm in most states where proposed in the past -- and has now morphed into a possible tax on alcohol. The fact is that none of these proposals would likely float the cost of a truly "universal healthcare" program.

The true whopper of a proposal is the administration's effort to tax "evil companies" that sell their products in other nations, but which, for whatever reason, avoid taxation of those sales in the United States. This might be the one stream of revenue the Democrats could sneak by the public. The administration has done a good job of couching these Fortune 500 companies and others as "using tax havens" and attempting to "manipulate" tax laws. As a pollster I can tell you that the PR campaign on this one will take real skill to avoid this potential proposal from taking some form of real and powerful law.

But here's the problem. Many of these corporations earn much of their income in countries with much fairer corporate tax structures. If they are penalized for their success overseas, guess what? They will move their complete operations out of the United States. Think I'm kidding? Just ask them. There go tens of thousands of jobs and more lost revenue.

We can't just blame Barack Obama or even the Democratic Congress for the current mountain of debt we are facing. But the administration and Congress needs to think long and hard about trying to solve all of the world's problems in just over 100 days. Once the costs hit home and the magic bullets to pay for them become unpalatable, even in big "Blue" states, the voters turn very nasty, very quick. And what ends up happening? The very budgets that got out of hand have to be cut.

So why must we whistle the tune "California, Here I … ," make that "'We' Come," while we can still attempt to avoid the same painful and potentially mortal fate?