I mostly agree but we have to consider folks like Cotton want to increase military spending, the largest expenditures in our budget, even more, when we already spend more on national defense than China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil combined; and the amount of fraud and incompetency that comes with it is documented and staggering. You can't sincerely talk about responsible finances and not address that issue ... jmho