Still don't get it?

     Some people seem to have trouble figuring out why our nation is so far in debt.  Many like to complain that tax cuts are responsible for our nation's five trillion dollar debt.  It could be military spending, or perhaps ...

     If this is you, it would seem you just don't get it.  Entitlements are the problem.  To help clarify this perspective, post your credit card number here so that anyone who feels the need can use it.  

     When it comes time to pay your bills at the end of the month, blame the fact that you are short on funds to your landlord, your utility company, your car loan, anything but your credit card bill.  Perhaps it is because your boss isn't paying you enough.  If you don't get it that month, sell your car, turn off the utilities, move into a tent, and wait till next month's credit card bill.  I am confident you will soon get the message.

     Also, when you try to cut us off your credit card, we will scream that you are a mean spirited and heartless conservative radical. Our kids will go without lunches, schools will close, they won't have blankets to keep them warm at night, the whole family will be out in the cold without your credit card to support them.

     At some point, it is hoped that you will eventually "get it".  If not, your bank will just take your credit card from you.  This isn't just my opinion.  This is reality.  

     Of course this all changes if you are a tax and spend Congress and White House.   Then your "bank" is made up of our kids, the future taxpayers who can't vote.  You are secure in the knowledge that in spite of a Constitutional mandate to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, few will be principled enough step to the plate to complain of your excesses.

     Of course, the fine print is that government can get away with this charade so long as there are plenty of flatlanders willing to go along with it.  The politicians just plan on dumping the bill on newborns.  Talk about compassion...