This is not about Dems v Repubs, this is about common sense! Look at your own household, if you over spend you are in debt and must repay, if you dont repay you are hounded by those you owe. We should expect the same with our Government. Well, we elect our Government officials and we can vote them out. We have become lazy and elect people without knowledge of what they believe in and now it is time for all of us, including me, to become better educated about who we put in control of our Government.

America is a success because, as our founding fathers believed, you work hard and you have a voice and can prosper. For those who want the Government to take care of you...well, I have no respect for you, you are not a real American. I have MS and could easily ask the Government to take care of me BUT where is the benefit in that, I have lost all pride if I do that. It is not a time for blame but it is a time for logical, realistic reflection. Do you REALLY want the Government to be your nanny and tell you how to live your life? I do not, as a law abiding, taxpayer I have no patience for those who think our tax dollars must support them. ENOUGH!!! Go learn the real meaning of freedom!

I would like to suggest that once all the 10 or 15 most favored issues are decided on that we then move it another step. I believe a petition with these issues be put forth on this site, we all sign and make a printable version so we can take to our friends and neighbors to sign. And also those petitions should be available at all upcoming tea parties. We then send the petitions to our local congressmen and most important to the WH. If the WH does not listen then I think with signed petitions we have further recourse. I am not a lawyer or a student of law but can we not take petitions with enough signatures to to the Supreme court to have our issues heard?

This is the most insane thing I have ever heard. Since when has MORE government solved anything? I am a small business owner and I hope to grow but where is the incentive? Do we really want the Geithner/Obama team to control any business? IMHO I think not.

I think he meant we SPENT too little and did not borrow enough!! I guess that is the change he meant. Obama has accomplished enslaving our future to our government and since when has being enslaved been a good thing? You are right TimR, what the hell IS going on here? Think we all know, bigger government is going on!