For those who think Bush gave us the largest deficit ever..... not only did President Obama surpass that large deficit in his first year in office but read (see attached) what the Congressional Budget Office (that is an office in a Democratically controlled Congress) has to say about Obama's future prognostications.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aVDEHvI9WH_Q
Cutting spending..... cutting taxes..... is the only way out of this and the best way to start is to stop spending money on non citizens. In California if you are an illegal you can get instate tuition to attend the UC or CS system and then apply for minority low income aid and pay next to nothing and then of course there are courses you are offered that are given in Spanish so that you do not need to read, write or speak English but if you are from just across the border in AZ and are a legal American citizen you are required to pay out of State fees. Until the loonies are kicked out of being in control we will have these problems and so many more.
I could name a dozen logical rational ways to cut spending in my state, my city heck in the Country but all it takes is a few crazies to file a law suit or scream racism to hold up these vitally needed changes for years or forever. Hate and Racism has nothing to do with what I or most Americans want all we want no matter what color our skin or God based religion we belong to is the rights granted to us by our Constitution. For a supposed Constitutional lawyer President Obama sure must have missed some classes.
Marc