I blame Bush and the Republicans. When you over spend when times are good, while at the same time cutting taxes, thus growing the deficit, you leave no room for when times are bad. That’s what Bush and the Republicans did. They ran the thing into the shit hole, after inheriting a budget surplus, and then claimed that democrats spent too much fixing the god awful mess they left. They drive the car in the ditch, and then bitch that democrats paid too much and took too long to pull it out. Pick your analogy. Its the same old crap.