One might wonder why we have the deficit & debt... I seem to recall a date: 9/11/2001

I suppose we could have ignored that and not declared War on Terrorists... then we would still have a surplus... we might not have a White House, or a Manhattan or a Los Angeles...or.... a government at all by now.

Then again, with oil at $51+ a barrel, the oil companies can hire on more geologists to do more explorations..

I always have a problem with this 'tax break for the rich' thing... Federal taxes are on a sliding scale - the more you make, the higher the tax bracket.. The top 1% of income earners in the United States already pay 34% of the federal taxes. The top 5% pay over