Oh...my...God! The Republicans and their "scare tactics"! You must have forgotten that 8 years of the Bush regime are what took our country from a budget SURPLUS to where we are today. Bush and Co. basically ran this country "into the ditch". If you run your car into a ditch, do you blame yourself or the tow truck driver that has arrived to pull you out? Thank goodness that only the ignorant fall for the Republican/Tea Party shock and awe tricks!