The last couple of weeks when Barack Obama and the Democrats had to have their government growth bill passed IMMEDIATELY, or the county was going to tumble into a depression or some sort of economic catastrophe from which we might never recover. This, by the way, is Obama's "hope over fear" talk. We needed to spend money on laptops for teachers, waterslides in Arkansas, butterfly gardens and other goodies from the political wish list or our country is going down the tubes.

Now they have their government-growth bill. All should be hunky-dory, right? Well ... no. Now Obama has suddenly realized the enormous economic burden he and his big-government Democrat fellow travelers have placed on our children and grandchildren. Yeah, convenient that they worry about this AFTER the bill is passed, and not before. Obama says, "If we confront this crisis without also confronting the deficits that helped cause it we risk sinking into another crisis down the road ... We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences to the next budget, the next administration or the next generation."

So his solution? His immediate solution is to give the states $15 billion within the next few days to help them pay Medicaid payments to the poor. Now stop right there and explain to me how this is considered economic stimulus? Are these the same people that are going to go out there and start creating some jobs for their communities and providing paychecks? No. Didn't think so. But when Obama suddenly becomes concerned about spending a deficits, his first move is to give hand outs to poor people.

Some of these Medicaid payments will no doubt be spent on necessary medical care. Much of the payments will be wasted on Medicaid patients who bring their children to a hospital emergency room for a scratch that could be treated with a CVS visit and a Band-Aid. In Atlanta some of our more-sterling residents like to spend Medicaid money to get a free ride downtown. How? They call 911 and say the magic words ... "I'm having trouble breathing." Here comes a fire truck, paid by for the taxpayers, and an ambulance, paid for by Medicaid, to haul her downtown to the local charity hospital. They tote her into the emergency room where she gets lost in the shuffle. She walks out a door and disappears - downtown with her free ride. She'll pay for a cab home because this "I'm having trouble breathing" scam doesn't seem to work well both ways.

Now, his long term solution? Make the evil rich and the businesses pay the price now. Don't ya just love how they have managed to turn things around? After the money has been promised, now the deficit is an issue. Now we must obsess about the deficit and worry about the future of our grandchildren, therefore we must increase taxes in order to reduce the deficit by half.

Remember, in Obama speak .. "letting the Bush tax cuts expire" is just the new way of saying "tax increases."

And for all of the concern over increased government spending, the Democrats are going to unveil an appropriations bill today that adds $20.5 billion to Bush's domestic spending requests from last year.

Obama cares far more about making sure that Democrats never again lose power than he cares about the next generation. The key? Create a culture of government dependency. We're there.