Act Like Adults

Obama To GOP On Budget: Getting Your Way "Is Not How It Works"


Obama wants both the Republicans and the Democrats to buckle down and act like "adults". At the end of the day this is all good when said and done but rhetoric won't take care of the deficits we have as a nation. If anyone has to compromise, it should the President. After all the record deficit spending his administration passed during the last two years, Democrats are the ones who should not be complaining.

At the same time, the President shouldn't be the one to blame completely. The Bush administration, with its call for greater national defense spending, has also made a dent in our economy to effectively move forward economically. But what americans should be doing now is learning from the past and, with that knowledge, move forward. We have already seen in other countries that modest budget cuts will eventually lead to massive layoffs across both the private and public sectors of the economy. Europe, in the last couple of years of budget crunching, is a testament to that reality. The only way we can make real reform is by making real sacrifices across the board in spending. Even if that means less investment in military projects so that America can at least gain the lead in economic and educational prowess, so be it. And for Democrats, even if it means losing votes in the next election, so be it. For the future of our children and grandchildren.