[Hoot Gibson]

the federal budget is set in a year in advance like when

Actually, the Democrats in the Senate have not passed a budget in more than 2 full years, despite a law that requires them to pass one. The last budget that Obama submitted to Congress, which called for large spending increases, died in the Senate by a vote of 97-0.

George Bush and the Democrats who controlled Congress beginning in 2007 deserve much of the blame for the current economy and a fair share of the blame for increasing the national debt, but Obama has been president for more than 2-1/2 years and we are still stuck in the worst "jobless" recovery since the end of WW II.

Obama's annual budget deficits have dwarfed those that were posted during Bush's two terms. He is on pace to add more to the national debt in less than one term than Bush added in two terms. Yet, Obama is still talking about new stimulus money and increasing funding for many existing programs. Obama has no intention of actually reducing the deficits. He is a socialist trying to shape a capitalist economy that he does not understand.