For the first time since the Great Depression, households are receiving more income from the government than they are paying the government in taxes.

Politicians and government officials at all levels are being grossly irresponsible.

The irresponsibility crosses party lines, though Democrats are by inclination far bigger redistributionists. Every day I see where some congressman is bragging about federal dollars he or she brought to the district to be wasted on some unnecessary entity. When will they acknowledge the severity of this problem and put the country’s welfare above their own political survival?

I’ll tell you when: When the Tea Party movement pushes them to get serious. Can’t wait for 2012.