Tax Hikes and Suspenders

A gal I know posted this as their gchat status: "Really?  A 3% tax hike, and Obama gets put on the same plane as Hitler?  Really?!"  It all goes back to tax hikes and suspenders.  At some point Uncle Sam needs to stop buying bigger clothes and start losing weight.  Increases in consumption are only going to make the problem worse.

(Originally written 4/17/09)