#FiscalCliff or #FiscalCurb

It really is not that important a distinction.

Fact is we have had an elected government in Washington DC that has not balanced a budget since President William Jefferson Clinton was our President from 1998 through 2001. And even then the interest in the debt absorbed the budget surplus.

The last Republican President to preside over a balanced federal budget was Dwight D. Eisenhower back in 1956 and 1957.

As this chart demonstrates both political parties have presided over debt creating Presidential Administrations & debt creating congressional bodies.

And the largest explosion of this debt has occurred when the #GOP took control, talked about their "Contract with America".

The Republican Party provided us with Temporary Tax Cuts, followed by additional tax cuts, followed by off-budget wars, followed by prescription drug coverage paid for with more debt.

I know good citizens who believe in small and effective government, believe in protecting individual liberties, are patriots, agree with equal rights for all citizens, both Democrats and Republicans.

I know few Republicans who own up to the fact that their beloved party, the grande ole party,  has brought the country to a place where there will be hell to pay. And today they are making every attempt to bring about changes this country dismissed as Un-American centuries ago.