And buying those Sheiks white gold Mercedes that belong at my house instead. I like the idea of paying off China and maybe buying some of their debt. I really like the idea of being able to pass a meaningful embargo on the mid east's oppressive states. I love the idea of gas going back to $1.50 per gallon. I see the need to tap it before the Canadians drill from their side at it. Mostly it's the idea of eliminating the national debt that gets me all hot, I'm a Libertarian and think the government should have to balance their budget the same as any family.

yes i think the government should be balancing their budget also.however i believe in feeding the poor instead of puting their food in cars.also i'm for saving the environment.the dust bowl during the depression days was caused by overtilling the land and drought.when all the farmers realize that crops sold for fuel is many times more profitable than food crops the destruction of the rain forest and all forest world wide will cause more damage than automobile ommissions.the dems have already grown the debt 4 times higher that all the administrations put together since the birth of the nation so i don't see why any one should expect that to get better unless they were to be voted out of office, but will that happen? the next time gas goes to $5,$10,$20, a gallon and our soldiers are all killed in afganistan because the dems fight a war like they balance the budget may be it will happen. if theres still a nation here left to vote.

I don't have to drive the white gold Mercedes, I just want to hug it and squeeze it and call it George. I too am for feeding the poor but they can't eat my dream car. I live in a borderline area for EPA air regulations. I think we made it through this Summer without a single hazzard day a 1st since we started the hazzard warnings. You can see the heat rolling off the highway and smell the car exhaust from farther away than you can hear them, so although removing the air scrubbing plants will cause more harm reducing emmissions is also essential. The main issue I have with anyone's claim as to what the budget is and what deficit it will bring is simply they all use differing assumptions and varying formulas to arrive at their conclusions. This to me is of more immediate concern than what the next deficit number will be. I figure once the numbers can be nailed to a given range depending on circumstances yet to arise. If we have an epidemic we may spend much more on healthcare than we'd expected, if assulted by those militant Canadians we may spend much more on military than we'd expected, if there's a spike in the price of grains we may wind up with a surplus. The nice thing about our system is that as abused as it has been it's had to pervert beyond the free elections of representatives. Sadly most US Citizens are led quickly astray by the flashy campaigns of the big money candidates and in their mass ADD forget the reaming the two partys gave em over the last 2,4, or 6 years. They hear the taunts of kook and wackjob which the two parties use to disenfranchise the other parties Libertarian, Green, even the Communist all lumped in together as laughable wastes of vote by the two with the most to lose should we take their platforms seriously. So as much as I am not afraid of losing my vote I am very doubtful that it'll do any good anytime soom.

yes i don't think either of the two major partys care about my vote either.i've voted dem ,independent,and republican.so far we don't have it as bad here in texas because the republicans have been in power for a good while.so we don't have a state income tax and it's not a union run state so although wages are low ,so is housing and other things and we have more freedoms than a lot of the northern states. so i'll vote for whoever has the best chance to beat the dems.[probably,unless they run another mc cain].it would be good to have someone to vote for instead of against.