Promises

The New York Times > Opinion > Editorial: America's Promises

Is it any wonder that, as a nation, we're not exactly "believable"?

WASHINGTON - President Bush asked Congress yesterday for another $80 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and boost total spending for the conflicts to more than $300 billion - nearly half the cost of the Vietnam War.
Bush's request came as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that the government would run yearly deficits of $855 billion over the next decade even without figuring in the costs of the wars and Bush's plan to reform Social Security.

What do you call it when you spend and promise more than you make? The neocons would like you to believe that only liberals would do something so foolish...