It's time to stop playing the blame game

Why are the millions of staunch Obama supporters so strangely quiet when it comes to addressing the $10 trillion federal debt that looms in the not-so-distant future?

As I try to understand in my own small fashion the consequences of this massive spending surge, I hear no voices of concern from the 51 million or so fine upstanding Americans who cast their ballot for hope and change.

Those who blindly support this current administration will dismiss this and all other voices of opposition as partisan politics. But they would be wrong.

The Obama administration can blame the former Bush administration only so long.

Granted, this new breed of politician can stretch that blame game to new extremes, but the day will come when blaming all current problems on past decisions will simply no longer be accepted.

I believe that day has arrived.

Let's say -- for argument's sake -- that the economic crisis in the sole responsibility of George W. Bush.

Let's ignore the massive push from the Democrats to expand the financial reach of those who could ill afford it.

Let's just pin all the blame on a lack of regulation and oversight in the nation's financial circles.

But the massive expansion of the federal government's role falls directly on the shoulders of the current team in charge.

Experts agree that the push for climate change reform will add a substantial financial burden on all of our shoulders.

And the looming prospect of some form of national health care pushes the red ink into a new and never before seen region.

When the time comes -- and it will come -- those large tax increases are the only way to help pay for this debt and the blame game will shift dramatically.

If we somehow have this impression that we can simply tax the "rich" and that will solve our financial woes, think again.

We'll run out of "rich" long before we balance the books.

Any prudent person would recognize that Obama's pledge to go through the budget "line for line" was campaign rhetoric and nothing more.

This president wants more spending, more government and more dependency on the fruits of others' labors.

The pool of takers is increasing while the pool of givers is shrinking.

The media's obsession with all things Obama borders on the criminal. His early administration blunders are ignored while his Hollywood image is promoted.

But what if Obama is wrong?

What happens down the road when the American dream is just that -- a dream?

I actually don't think the economy is quite as bad as those on the far right would have us believe.

Visit a mall or a theme park or, God forbid, a casino. The lines are still long, and the the money continues to flow.

Yes, that is a small snapshot, but those businesses and industries who still provide a good product for a fair price continue to flourish.

But what if we continue this plunge toward unbridled spending at the federal level?

Left unchecked, the bill will arrive someday and there will be no one around to pay.

At least then we'll know who to blame.