This country desperately needs a third party. The Republicans and Dems are too closely aligned in the political process

NOT WASTE -- IT'S TRANSFER OF FUNDS!!
Bush-Cheney's "mission accomplished" is the transfer of money $$$$$$$$ from tax payers to corporate war-profiteers, Big Oil and other pals-of-Bush-Cheney.
SHOVELING TAX PAYER DOLLARS into pockets of rich friends is Bush-Cheney's "mission accomplished". Too bad US Troops are killed and maimed in FOR-PROFIT WAR.
It already paid off for Halliburton: it moved from Houston to DUBAI!
EXILE Bush-Cheney!

The Republicans are excellent campaigners, but horrible legislators. So much for the bogus Conservative platform of 'small governement' 'frugal spending' and 'private companies always do everything better than the governement can'. Those were just empty campaign slogans, not actual principles.

They all shook us down. But we have to look at the root. Your tax dollars are not being wasted. Reagan spilled the beans, not one red-cent of your taxes goes towards operating the government. Firt, the politicians got on board with the bankers and legislated the Fed into our lives. Now the government borrows money from the Fed (with interest) and spends it recklessly. Then they send you a bill for their borrowing (with interest). They've had it all figured out for a long time; we still don't get it.

I will second the motion for RON PAUL.
Best candidate out there from any party right now. Can't figure why he doesn't get better media coverage though.
All the other candidates are in here every day. Where are the RON PAUL stories ABC???
This trillion dollar plus spending is not going to destroy this country. And RON PAUL has a plan to stop all this. Tax and spend is not working. And we just need to stop spending what we don't have to get back on track.

No neo cons not even Ron Paul they have for years done this to America now vote anything but them they are a waste and are the ilk of this Earth.

Not only that, but congress wants to reinstate their automatic pay raises, while they earn very large salaries by ordinary people standards, and ordinary people are being expected to continue to do without any pay raises whatsoever.

Congress needs to back off that plan, or the people need to vote them out of office, as totally irresponsible lawmakers, who are only out for themselves.

Civics 101 said Congress spends the money not the Executive branch......

Imagine my shock! Did we really need another panel to tell us this? Yet another waste...

Get rid of Democrats and Republicans. Vote against your rep and Senator.

Go from Deficit to surplus overnight -
Give congress a bonus based on the budget surplus left at the end of the year. Even if you give them 80% of the surplus they will cut spending while increasing surplus.

It amazes me the number of people that don’t understand that the Congress controls the spending not the Executive Branch or the Senate. I believe the Democrats under Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid were going to rein in spending and control corruption.

WHAT NEW.GET RID OF THE WASTE,LIKE THE DEMOCRATS,THE REPBULIANS.KEEP THEIR HANDS OUT OF THE MONEY JAR.IF THERE WAS NO WASTE.NO RAISES BUT CONGRESS AND THE SENATE GET THEIR AUTOMOTIC PAY RAISES.WHY DO THE ORDINORY PEOLPE HAVE DO WITHOUT ANY AUTOMATIC PAY RAISESOR FREE HEALTH CARE,FREE POSTAL FREE ANYTHING ETC.IF THERE WAS NOT WASTE OF MONEY. THERE WOULD BE SURPLUS.KEEP YOUR HANDS OF OF SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDCARE,MAIDCARE.IT COME DO TOO JUST GREED.TOO MUCH TALK AND NOTHING IS DONE.

tax cuts imposed by the bush administration are causing the biggest surplus in recent history. what are you libs talking about? vote a democrat into office? why? so that more of your hardearned tax dollars can go to lazy, slothful, unproductive members of society? this report says that this is the highest government spending with private companies. it does not say anything about adjusting the rate for inflation over a history of time, it does not say anything about how many improvement projects are being funded comparitively, and it does not say what projects are being funded. for all we know by reading this report, is that we may be funding a democrat effort to save the environment from a made up global warming bit. Besides, im sorry i might be mistaking, but which party has control of the purse right now, oh yeah, huh, its a bunch of dems.

Hello,

Why in the world would we take a person that adds to the country's GDP and give them a job telling us where to paint lines on the road? The cost is less GDP, less productivity from that individual, and more spending of other peoples money.

Look at the career politicians from all parties. How long have they been there? I do believe the founders wanted people to represent their states, then go back to the private sector. Now we re-elect these fools year after year. I believe it is time to look in the mirror and vote these "career" polictians out of office, and will be replaced by someone who will represent the people.

CD

Both parties suck.

Do you have your escape plan ready? Australia? New Zealand?

At this point, I think we must dissolve our pathetic government and start again. Who's with me?

Or, perhaps for even more fun, let's split the country in two: one for Christians, one for secularists and then we can see who wins.

Wow, not sad so much about runaway spending as I'm sad the total lack of intelligience of people who post to this site!

I'm with you Susan, only lets put conservatives on one island, liberals on another.
Within one year one would be a virtual leper colony begging for help, one would be thriving. Bet you a paycheck on which will be which.

Oops !
Bush had same excercise to track 2.3 trillion on Sept 10th 2001, Iraqi development fund can't be accounted by Iraqis and USA says it is their fund, they should be responsible, though it was US tax payers money.
1.1 trilion It already paid off for Halliburton: it moved from Houston to DUBAI!
Now 1.1 trilion, 18 months to go,What next?

The opportunists continue into the 2008 Congress just elected as they hold their hands out for an estimated $4400/month pay raise, while there is a multi-Billion dollar war going on and an off the charts debt deficit. No pay raise for Congress until the War is over.