Economic Rescue On The Way (Sorta)

About time.

Congressional Democrats overwhelmingly embraced President Obama's ambitious and expensive agenda for the nation yesterday, endorsing a $3.5 trillion spending plan that sets the stage for the president to pursue his most far-reaching priorities.


Voting along party lines, the House and Senate approved budget blueprints that would trim Obama's spending proposals for the fiscal year that begins in October and curtail his plans to cut taxes. The blueprints, however, would permit work to begin on the central goals of Obama's presidency: an expansion of health-care coverage for the uninsured, more money for college loans and a cap-and-trade system to reduce gases that contribute to global warming.

Um, not exactly by party lines. There are still some Democrats who believe that the rich should get what they want while everyone else to scratch and claw their way to prosperity.

Now, while I believe that everyone should work for what they have, the above example shows the hypocrisy involved. Sure the rich people did something to get their cash (the legality or morality of that is another topic) but what did their children do to deserve it, besides being born?

On the flip side, it's perfectly OK for children (who aren't rich) to pay off their parents debts.