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Actually, the "borrow, borrow, borrow, cut taxes, and spend, spend, spend, and spend some more" is the motto of the Bush administration. You are presumptuous if you think that I am in favor of runaway spending. Indeed, I think that owing China so much money has undermined our position in the world and neutered us in the face of China's participation in the genocide in Darfur, human rights abuses in Tibet, perpetual threatening of Taiwan, dishonest estimations of the value of its currency, and flagrant pollution. Thanks to runaway spending, we go to meetings with the Chinese hat in hand as debtors. The blame for the ballooning budget deficit and national debt rests squarely on the Republican Congress (and the Democratic Congress the past two years) and the Bush administration. No bid contracts for cronies of the Bush administration have contributed to this, but no one said anything. I want to end the illegal occupation of Iraq which costs at least 10 billion dollars a month, I want to reform the Department of Defense because it cannot be allowed to run with such inefficiency so that it busts our budget every year, I want to hold to account all of those companies that have taken money from the taxpayers to rebuild our infrastructure (bridges, highways, railroads, light rail, subways, etc.) and force them to return the money with interest or hire Americans to build them. You obviously have no idea how I feel about the budget, obviously. I do not believe in runaway spending.
As for pro-choice judges, I am holding out hope. There Justices Souter, Ginsberg, Kennedy are ripe for retirement. But, there are dozens of seats on the appellate bench that need filling and I hope Obama picks the most pro-choice judges he can find. I also want judges who are in favor of civil rights for all everyone who is on American soil.
