Debt is a big issue in Washington these days as the House and Senate get ready to debate President Obama’s new budget in which the public debt ratio (that is debt owed by you and me but incurred by the Federal government) is expected to be between 63.6% and 68.6% next year. Even though Mr. Obama can’t stop flogging George W. Bush, it is important to note that the debt to GDP ratio was 40.2% under the Bush Administration.

While Nancy Pelosi advises us that she will pole vault or parachute her National Healthcare Bill through Congress, her fellow Democrats like Jason Altmire, of Pennsylvania aren’t so keen on seeing Ms. Pelosi’s Olympic skills. As Mr. Altmire recently stated, “I don’t know that Congress has the appetite to continue the fight.”

In a recent statement made by Senator Claire McCaskill to the Kansas City Star regarding the debate on National Healthcare and why Democrats cannot seem to pass their lengthy Bills in Congress, the Senator stated: “Along the way, we need Republicans to be part of it, or we need to show the American people the game they’re playing.”