Contrast that with the federal government. Under Bush we had unfunded prescription coverage for seniors and an unfunded tax cut for the rich. Please explain how increasing spending while decreasing revenue creates anything but a disaster. If it wasn’t for the actions of our current President we would be in a depression that made the last real depression look like a picnic. He stopped the hemorrhage or at least slowed it down significantly and kept the country from falling into an abyss. Jobs are slowly coming back. There is a recovery. It won’t be fast and it shouldn’t be. Just like weight loss – slow and steady lest you rebound.