I just point out that Republicans since Reagan have been the undisputed kings of overspending. And that it looks like GW is returning to that tradition.

If you have to start quoting Keynes to stay in this arguement, you have lost it. All you need is a decent chart with some of those facts you were referring to. Some are here.

You have a tendency when cornered, to skip to an ultra-intellectual-sounding arguement full of dropped names and non sequiter quotes. The real world (in this case budget statistics) is the final arbiter of which quotes are true and which are bs.

You should start a utopian Randian community where everyone can do just as he pleases and everyone has veto power over the use of any community resources. When you've shown what an incredible economic success your community is, come back and start quoting your quotes and we will listen.