Spend within our means. Pretty simple
Wow. If only we had done that for the past 4 years...things would be all fixed by now.
The democratic platform is based on a laundry list of NEW programs and NEW spending. It comes out in every major speech and rally. Listen to Clinton's State of the Union addresses every year. Listen to Al Gore debating W (gotta love W's retort - if you are having a contest to outspend me, you win). Talk about defying common sense - especially in our current mess.
Jon - we've had lower taxes before and a larger military, and Barry still manages to have a larger deficit than his predecessors. The fact is that if you raise taxes, no matter how much, the Democrats will always find a way to spend them all and then some. I'm all for cutting the budget across the board, including military. I'd support some higher taxes, but only with concomitant spending reductions. And I will not favor new taxes to fund NEW huge, costly gov't programs.