‘The two worst presidents America has ever had are George W Bush and Barack Obama’ – this was a comment from my teenage nephew and I initially ignored it but when we discussed it, he pointed out how bad the US fiscal situation has become (he had quite a few statistics on the tip of his tongue that I will not bother to repeat here) and I am starting to agree. It seems that most people express their political leanings these days, not by stating what they believe in, but by criticizing the other side and the health care debate seems to have been a great example of that. Republican or democrat, the ramifications of putting the US into long term debt for generations are quite concerning and it would appear that neither party makes fiscal responsibility a priority and this really concerns me. Am I alone in this line of thinking?

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