I agree that it was the corrupt politicians that caused the financial crash. Though I disagree it was the bankers (except for the Fed that created the liquidity that fueled the bubble) because bankers can't force government to give it bailouts or favors, only politicians can do that. Regarding unions, they do often end up bankrupting companies (like GM). And our so called civil servants (who neither act civilly or like servants) are mostly unionized and use government force to get their money, rather than earning it via free exchange. Currently many states are bankrupt on paper, not having the funds to pay government worker gold plated pensions. And our federal government has also made promises of payments beyond our ability to pay.

Those who idolize Castro should move to Cuba. Per some psychiatrists, liberals have a mental disorder regarding accepting reality. Living in Cuba will hurt them so much, that they'll find the pain of accepting reality, to be far less than the pain they'll suffer under Castro as an ordinary citizen. It will change their minds: they will be mugged by the reality of socialism. Perhaps we should create advertisements for those needing health care and that want it to be free, to move to Cuba to get it for free. They will find out the health care they receive, will be worth what they paid for it.

How many supporters of democracy did the Castros and Che Guevarra kill? Per http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/dictat.html Castro killed 30,000. This was the story of just one of them. By comparison, Osama Bin Laden only killed about 3500.

Judging by how our Republican representative vote, I'd say most of them are happy to infringe on our freedom (especially by spending our money they take from us at the end of a gun in exchange for campaign cash). Less than 1/4 of the Tea Party class of 2010 voted to end corporate welfare of the Export Import bank and EDA. Of course, in contrast, the Democrats are worse. But overall, we're being screwed by government, rather than government protecting our liberty.

I agree John. Government has gone far beyond protecting our liberties. Now government is used to steal from taxpayers. When they can abuse our economic liberties, they also abuse our other liberties as well. Since it takes money to advertise your ideas, promote your religion, associate with others (and just about anything), and government has significant controls on your money, violating our rights is to be expected. It's the nature of government to grow, and liberty to yield; thus, government needs constant pruning before it becomes dangerous.

Obama says that if the organization offers birth control it's overall costs will be less since it will save money by having fewer child births and less newborn care. Of course, it would save even more if those who (violating Catholic rules) actually paid for their own contraception. If we really want to save on health care, we should get government to stop paying for it, and also eliminate the employer deduction for providing health care for its employees, and instead, allow us to arrange for and pay our own health care.

As the SCOTUS no longer defends our economic rights and instead has given government the power to "regulate," i.e. control, our economic activity, it was bound to conflict with our other liberties: freedom of religion, speech, assembly, unreasonable searches, etc. It's time to get government out of meddling in businesses and the economy, and to restore our economic liberties. The only way is to elect fiscal and constitutional conservatives (and those who mean it, not those who just say it). God help us!

Excuses excuses. Spending on these disasters (other than 9/11) I expect is about as much as DC spends in a day. So I guess you think it's moral to take from producers to give to seniors to pay for their medical needs. Do you know that according to David Goldhill, CEO of the Game Show Network, author of "How American Health Care Killed My Father" and lifelong Democrat, pointed out that seniors on Medicare now pay more out of pocket than before Medicare existed!!! A much better solution is to get government out of health care, and give seniors on Medicare vouchers to spend on medical needs. Government shouldn't be providing a safety net - it should be handled by private organizations. Government safety nets don't work.

Obama voted for TARP as a senator. He's as responsible as Bush.

You miss the fact that the House has the Power of the Purse: all spending bills must originate there. Thus, they could have forced Obama to balance the budget last year by not raising the debt ceiling (they didn't even need to hold a vote). Thus, Democrats can't just take money not allocated and spend it on their wish lists, spending must be in a bill.