It's funny yet depressing how 95% of the argument in this thread is 'Thanks Obama' and 'Stop listening to Rush Limbaugh you righty f*cktard' rather than having a civilized argument based on facts and intelligentr thought.
And honestly, if there was a person who was as financially idiotic as the US government is, they'd probably either be on a reality show or dead. My solution is to cut government funding to absolutely everything because we actually can't afford it. That would be a hell of an experiment