Why Can't People Think Straight About the Federal Budget?

Our budget issues are likely to be insoluble as long as the majority of us want the government to provide what we regard as essential services but are unwilling to pay for them. A new poll from the New York Times exposes how conflicted people are about spending and taxes. Too bad there ain't no thing as a free lunch. It's going to be interesting to watch the Republican leadership wrestle with the recently elected members of their party who want deep cuts in government spending--cuts the populace is unwilling to tolerate. The Republicans may have dug their own grave by convincing so many people that we can have all the government we want and not have to pay for it. The complete lack of intelligence and logic in the policy proposals of the Republicans is beginning to show.