Republicans have now been in charge of the House, the Senate (mostly), and the Presidency for around 6 years. Actually, simply being in charge of Congress should allow a party to control most of Washington. Why then, must spending be growing at obscene levels? Seriously guys, it's time to start cutting the budget. I understand that money needs to be spent on the WoT and national defense. Money does not need to be spent on bridges to nowhere or movement of working railroad tracks. Why can't Mississippi pay for the tracks, Trent? Alaska, can you not afford to build a bridge? "I'd like to be a little oinker myself," Mr Young told a Republican lunch in Ketchikan, feigning offence at the idea that Senator Ted Stevens, the Alaskan who chairs the Senate appropriations committee, brings home more "pork" than he does. "If he's the chief porker, I'm upset." What a terrible, terrible comment for a "Republican" to make. At least the Democrats are overt in their desire for a socialist government.