Nine Trillion Dollars of New Debt? Ouch!

I have been doing my taxes and thinking that this sure takes up a lot of time and effort just to pay this. Most of the time we want others to send us a bill stating how much we owe for services rendered or merchandise purchased. The government sure has a good thing going when they make us spend hours going through the huge tax codes to find out if we can lesson our tax bill. Thank God for computer programs that help do all this. Just think that our taxes are so complicated that we need computers to figure it out.

Now put on top of that President Obama’s budget that will cause the government to be an additional $9,000,000,000,000 in debt in ten years time. It is reported that the U.S. debt now stands at over $11,000,000,000,000. So that will be 20 trillion of debt. How can this be? It is just so ridiculous. You and I, each of us, can’t just go into debt continually in our personal finances without us losing it all. This has to stop. What will our taxes be like in 10 years? They seem to be continually going up as it is.

Now, I don’t have any trouble paying my fair share. I believe in the U.S. and I support our nation. I am thankful for the blessings that we have and still believe we have the greatest nation in the history of the world. But, there has to be some common sense. We, as citizens, are expected to not only get out of debt, but to save money for retirement. The government has to be thinking of the future, too, and get out of debt. The incredible interest we are paying for this debt could be used to fund some great programs. There has to be some priorities set and the fluff has to be cut. A line item veto could help stop all the pork barrel spending that congressmen stick in the huge budget bills that are never debated for their merit.

I know that the programs that the government has are mostly good or at least they have good intentions. Right now they are talking about the spending stimulus they are doing and they may be good, I just don’t know. I trust that God will see us through and believe that the economy will be turned around.

Here is what one Senator said, "This clearly creates a scenario where the country's going to go bankrupt. It's almost that simple," said Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), the senior Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, who briefly considered joining the Obama administration as commerce secretary. "One would hope these numbers would wake somebody up," Gregg said.

President Obama is purposing to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term that is still hundreds of billions of dollars in red ink that the government is overspending. God give the president and the congress supernatural wisdom to get this under control. I will pay my taxes and praise God for giving me the blessings to do it, but this is getting out of hand. Don’t even mention the Social Security Fund that is already bankrupt. Jesus help us.

City of the People for Inspiring the People

Susan and I have returned from our trip to Washington D.C. It was an awesome trip. We are so blessed to have been able to go and see our nation’s capitol. I would recommend it for everyone. To see this great city that has our nation’s history, art, Christian heritage and beauty.

We got around mostly by foot. Parking is almost non-existent and costly. Just to have a car parked at our hotel would have cost $33 a night. So we opted to go the way the travel books recommended, by metro. We sure had sore feet after walking so much and we were exhausted each evening, but it was well worth it. The metro was quite an adventure, but now we feel like old pros. It is amazing to think that a great many people get around this way all the time. I think I could live with it. It is certainly more healthy to walk more. It is certainly less expensive than owning a car, too.

Of course there are limitations and inconveniences, such as when we were going to the airport on our way home we took the metro to the appropriate stop (which is fun to come out of the ground and experience a new place all of a sudden) and then we were to catch the bus to the airport. Well so were about 20 other people and the bus was like 45 minutes late and packed to the whole aisle being full of standing people for a 45 minute bus ride. Well thankfully we were still on time to catch our plane. Later that night the area got 6 inches of snow, so we made it before everything shut down.

Well, we viewed the Capitol Building and went on a tour. We also were blessed to get some free Senate tickets to view it in action. That was cool, though there was not much going on in the chamber, but just to be there and see where laws are made was inspiring.
That is the word I would use for this great building, the seat of our nations government, inspiring. The whole trip was inspiring. It makes feel like there is hope. Even when we may not agree with all that Washington is doing, there is hope, as we see the great history and the many trials we have overcome to get where we are. So, the trials we face today I believe with God’s help we will continue to overcome them. We are the greatest nation in the world because of great men who believed and followed the principles in the Word of God.

We also went to many of the free Smithsonian museums. We kind of had to make a whirlwind tour as there was too much to see and not enough time (there for four days). I would love to go back to see more. We went to the State Department and saw where dignitaries came to be entertained by our leaders. This place was filled with priceless pieces hundreds of years old. We went to the National Archives where the Declaration of Independence is kept and the Constitution and Bill of Rights. We went to the Washington Monument, drove by many others as well. What a trip.

This makes me want to declare the greatness of a great God who allowed people of faith to forge such a nation. Let’s keep our nation strong by living the values and principles of God that were implemented in our founding documents. God Bless America. Keep praying for her leaders.