Not since the Lyndon Johnson administration has congress spent money so recklessly and acted as if deficits didn't matter.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/edi...n_pork_barrel/
The democrats are no better mind you, but the republicans saying "vote for us we'll balance the budget and we'll stop the runaway train of big government" is pure and utter bullshit.
The problem is incumbency, we need term limits IMHO to stop the pork.