How does $1 Trillion plus in debt sound to you?

I have watched with horror today at the vote to pass the Economic Stimulus Bill in the House of Representatives. While I am appreciative of the 100 percent of Republicans who voted “Nay”, their efforts were not enough to stop the madness of spending the money that Americans work so hard to earn.

My mom used to tell my siblings and me that “money does not grow on trees.” It was her way to say that our family could not afford something. Her little saying seemed to work for our family but the Democrats must not have had mothers to enlighten them about not spending what you don’t have.

Thanks to Twitter I found an article called “Special-Interest Groups Line Up for a Piece of Stimulus.” Reading it made my sick feeling even worse. The article relates that when Congress passes out money “every special interest in the country reaches for a bucket.” The bucket brigade must be made up of Americans who have no shame about filling up their bucket.

Soak up this sentence- it surely will put a damper on your day:

“The Congressional Budget Office says borrowing $820 billion will cost $347 billion more in interest, which of course pushes the total cost of the stimulus package to more that $1 trillion.”

Sorry, I can not comfort you as I share this bit of news:

“… action moves to the Senate, which is considering a more expensive bill. Its price tag is now about $887 billion because it will include a one-year fix to insulate middle-class taxpayers from the Alternative Minimum Tax, which originally was aimed at the wealthy but is affecting a growing number of middle-class taxpayers because of inflation.”

Money on trees… bucket brigade… hands in the cookie jar…debt that will be like a bottomless pit. Welcome to America run by Obama and the Democrats.