Politics and Spending

Congress has passed a $ 662 billion defense bill, that was $ 27 billion less than President Obama wanted. Only 13 Senators and 136 House members voted against the spending.

President Obama wants an extension of the payroll tax cut that was in effect this year, and he wants to increase that tax cut for next year. That's great for those middle class folks who are still working but why, when Social Security is under attack from the GOP, does a democratic president want to further undermine the funding for that program.

We have a major debt problem, and we can't get the wealthy to kick in a little more from the tax breaks they benefited from over the last decade, so we add to that debt problem by further reducing the revenue the government takes in. Doesn't make much sense to me.