Lost tribe of Westwood

Why do politicians make it so hard. In this day and age when everyone is looking to save money, the government, local and national, can't decide what to do. Half the people want to raise taxes, and the other half want to decrease spending. We wouldn't even have this discussion if it weren't for pork. No, I'm not talking about Hillary's thighs or Bush's hips. I talking about add ons. These are the trillions of dollars that are added on to every spending bill. Keep this thought in mind. If we gave the president a line item veto, we could run the government just on the savings and be in the black in less than a year. Medical insurance would be funded for everyone, and school would not go without. The money saved would go in your pocket to spend locally and that would boost local and state coffers. If this was your household budget, you would cut out luxury spending, and start paying for things that are needed. You wouldn't be throwing money out the window. That is what the government is doing. Who opposes this? Insurance companies, large companies who can't balance their own books. Worthless projects that can't get approved on their own merits. When wealthy politicians and big business point fingers at the people on welfare and social security, and bellow about where this money is being spent, take a look at the income of big business and their pork. Washington needs to wake up. Do you want to save Social Security. You can but you won't. Money got you elected, money keeps you in power, and lack of money will be you demise. You need pork. You are addicted to pork. You give millions to companies that in turn ship their jobs to China or India. Your addiction to pork is worse then a drug habit. The only way to feed your habit, is more pork. We can continue to feed your habit, or give you the cure. The cure is a line item veto, or a process that does not allow add-ons. Why hasn't this happened? You are asking the addict to make the decision.