The Federal Government is bloated beyond reasonable expectation. A Representative in the House used to represent about a tenth of the population they now do. So do they still actually represent our concerns? Heck no!

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In the meantime federal spending is projected to grow at a rapid pace beyond the 10-year budget window. Without reforms, spending on interest on the debt, health care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, etc.), and Social Security will reach unsustainable levels. As a result, these spending levels will cause exploding deficits as tax revenues will be at their modern average level (1952-2008

SF Source  PJ Media  Mar 3 2015

President Obama’s proposed federal budget for 2016 envisions never-ending growth of federal spending.

This is a significant change from the past six years in which federal government spending has held fairly steady. Following a big jump in 2009 due to the bailouts and financial crisis, government spending never returned to pre-crisis levels, but it didn’t grow either. In 2009, the federal government spent $3.518 trillion, and that number was nearly identical at $3.506 trillion in 2014. Continue reading →