[Don Corleone]

Spending always increases. It what it buys and for whom is what matters.

[Pining_4_TX]

Yes, and it won’t stop until this country is bankrupt, because, in spite of what they say, Americans want more stuff from the government. They want the other guy’s place at the trough removed, but they want to keep theirs.

[veracious]

Spending -money-out-of-thin-air is the fuel of the cancer which has become unconstitutional DC.
The _federal_reserve_ is the source of the fuel.