[jpsb]

"Pat, what B*LL!! We ALL know that 80% of US Federal budget is non-military. that is right $400 billion on military and $1700 billion on the rest. If we have a deficit, it is due to domestic boondoggles"

Again I agree, but Pat is still right, the USA is broke and in debt, big time.

[WOSG]

Ahem, USA is far from 'broke' ... our economy is growing 4% this year, better than any other industrial nation.

This is partly thanks to Bush's tax cuts of course. Those tax cuts the Democrats claim "created" the deficit, although I personally believe it is more to do with our lack of fiscal discipline at budget time.

Let me put my own conspiracy theory out there:
THIS IS ANOTHER BUSH ELECTION YEAR, AND ANOTHER YEAR WHERE PAT B IS GETTING HIS DIGS IN AGAINST THE BUSH CLAN HE SO HATES.