I know that's the talking point that must be screeched by the far left. The reality is nobody held anybody hostage. Nobody is a terrorist. Our president got elected promising to govern from the left. He did not try to hide it. 2 years later, 65 tea party members got elected promising to stop the government from spending and indebting our children. They did not try to hide it.

Both sides are doing exactly what they promised they would do. But mathematics will soon trump all politics. Very soon our national debt will equal our entire annual gross domestic product. We will then be Greece.

That is math, not politics.

Carl