And TK, you say that the budget problems came from mandatory increases in programs put in place by other administrations.

Let's ignore the huge cost of Bush's war in Iraq and assume for the sake of argument that mandatory increases in Bill Clinton's programs are the problem. Wouldn't Bush have known madatory increases in programs were coming at the time when he got huge tax cuts for the rich?

You're implying, though you probably don't realize it, that Bush deliberately cut taxes for the rich knowing it would create the largest deficits in history.

Your point about domestic spying is too incoherent to respond to. Abe Lincoln and his computers?