Jim: You are right of course, Congress is at fault about spending. I have said so numerous times here at BtB.

Still, the budget Trump proposed made little effort to rein it in, and for that I feel justified in criticizing him.

How many times has it been said that we need a President that does what he promised to do? Somebody
outside the usual gang that say what they need to and then once in office proceed with business as usual.

Well, we have that and he is doing what he can fighting against the wind that blows through Washington and
he is trashed over and over again for doing what he was put into office to do. What I am seeing is that the next
step needs to be taken and that both the Senate and the House need some pruning of those who have been in
power for years on end and hang on to that power with all this spending and pork.

Congress controls the purse strings, not the President. Any spending cuts a President proposes are met with the
time honored “dead on arrival” speech by Congress and who gets the blow back? The President.

What we need to realize here is a simple truth. Spending will continue. And continue. And continue. There is all the
talk about future generations will be paying for this and something needs to be done but NOTHING will be done
until the day that we actually hit that wall and can no longer pay the bills.

Think of it as having the ultimate credit card. You get to throw everything on the card and all you have to do is pay
the minimum payment. Reached your credit limit?? No Problem! Just give YOURSELF more credit! As long as you can
keep on paying the minimum payment, who cares?!?

Who wants to end the party after all when one has this much control? There is no incentive to do so as long as
the money keeps on flowing.

What will stop it is that one day down the road, the minimum payment will no longer be able to be paid and once
that happens and only then will the problem be addressed.

So, Robert, if you want to criticize anything, I humbly suggest that you do so with Congress.

Presidents have power but the money and spending lie with Congress.