Oddly, the massive social spending initiated largely by Democrats over the past forty years never seemed to generate this soul-searching in the Democratic Party about how our children were going to pay for it. And yes, the vast majority of our expenses are social spending, and this will get worse in the future.

In fact, I don't recall any major Democrat standing up and saying we shouldn't pass this shiny new entitlement because it will add to the deficit. They're bitching because the benefit isn't big enough. And far too few Republicans stood against it.

Watching Democrats as deficit hawks is amusing though. It would be fun to see Bush suddenly become pro-choice so all the Democrats would have to switch to pro-life.

Heck, just seeing you quoting the Heritage Foundation is worth the price of admission.