"The GOP is not and never has been, at least since Hoover, interested in a
balanced budget or the elimination of the national debt. It tripled under
Reagan! And doubled under Bush 43! The Republicans, rather, are intent on
drowning the government in a bathtub, to borrow imagery from Grover Norquist.
The extension of the Bush tax cuts, including the cuts for millionaires and
billionaires, they extoll (See "Pledge to America"; http://pledge.gop.gov/ )
would make the national debt $3.7 TRILLION deeper! And only by eliminating the
government completely could that hole get filled. Think about the desirability
of that the next time you board an airplane, or eat some eggs, or spinach, or
anything. Salmonella anyone?"
http://www.opednews.com/articles/On-choosing-friends-lover-by-Ed-Tubbs-100924-394.html