Straining a Gnat

Let's count the expenses: a $787 billion Stimulus, with more contemplated; more than $1 trillion approved by the House for National Healthcare; and proposed legislation for Cap and Trade that will add trillions of dollars in expenses to the national economy.

Recently, however, our Leaders " ... expressed reservations about the potential long-term costs of expanding the war in Afghanistan." The costs? $26 billion. That's $26 billion BEFORE factoring in the savings from the wind-down of the Iraq war. Net cost after troop levels are reduced in Iraq? $0.00; that's zero, zip, nada.

Our Dear Leaders strain a gnat and swallow a camel.

Ignorance? Stupidity? No; just politics as usual, Washington style.