Spending out of control

Our country is broke due to decades of irresponsible spending. Congress continues to spend with reckless abandon under the guise of various “crises.” Mr. Obama makes financial promises that defy logic. Financial pork permeates the land.

Every jurisdiction and politician at every level tries to get their “share” of federal money. This is nothing more than a shell game where we rob Peter to pay Paul with money Peter doesn’t have. Hence, the astronomical debt this generation will never be able to repay. We are knowingly saddling future generations with debt incurred for our follies and utopian notions far outside the scope of the Constitution. This is unconscionable and utterly immoral.

The do-gooders amongst us now take the “general welfare” clause of the Constitution literally. This country did not fight the War of Independence to create a welfare or nanny state. Even if we had the money, there is no constitutional or even sound moral basis for many of the things we spend our fellow citizens’ money on as we stray further from our founding principles. I encourage everyone to vote out of office every politician at every level who continues to extra-constitutionally plunder and irresponsibly spend our hard-earned money.

Mike Gross

Spokane