Martin Hoke: “In the beginning there was limited government and a sound economy and abundance covered the face of the land. Then…”

“In the beginning there was limited government and a sound economy and abundance covered the face of the land. Then Johnson, leader of the Spendites, looketh into the Treasury and saw there was a surplus, and he was sore afraid. So he called to the high priests of the Spendites, who even then had controlled the Congress for 10 years, and he spake thusly, ``Democrats,'' for that was the Spendites' name, ``We must exhaust the Royal Treasury, for there is a surplus, and I am sore afraid.'' The Spendities heeded the call of lord LBJ and spent as if there was no tomorrow, creating foolish and wasteful Spendite programs that promiseth much but dideth not. And the Government became big and bloated, and the economy weak and burdened, and the children and the grandchildren, and, yea, even the great-grandchildren of the subjects of the Spendites were saddled with great debts. And the people cried out, ``Balenceth the budget.'' But the Spendites were sore afraid, so the people cried our for the Thriftities to lead them out of the wilderness of deficit spending.”