Say you have a dollar. What would you do with it? What would you do with a billion of them?
What does the government do with a dollar? With a billion of them?
Every dollar the government taxes is a dollar taken from someone. Therefore, the government better have a compelling reason for taking it. Unless the government is going to put that dollar to better use than you or I, it has no reason taking it in the first place.
Adequate funding for Constitutional levels of spending by the federal government? Yes, that's compelling.
Reckless deficit spending on ineffective programs? No, not compelling.
Telling us that two trillion dollars in previous deficit spending "wasn't enough" but that "another $50 billion or so should do the trick"?
Does Obama really think we're the Charlie Brown to his Lucy?