This is a prime example of how the people in Congress think … and it is exactly this type of thinking that has led us down the debt-laden path toward destruction.

Here we go again. We are battling about an extension of the payroll tax cut. Included in this battle is an extension of emergency unemployment benefits and a pay hike for doctors treating seniors. But Democrats are particularly adamant about using borrowed funds to pay for the unemployment provision. In other words, they don’t want to pay for it by cutting spending elsewhere.

Rep. John Larson, the chairman of the Democrat Caucus says, "When in our history have we had to pay for unemployment before?"

Um, excuse me Mr. Chairman but the money to pay for unemployment benefits has to come from somewhere. The federal government doesn’t earn any money of its own; it merely collects money from the taxpayers who in turn pay for benefits like unemployment. So yes, someone HAS had to pay for unemployment before – the taxpayers.

These taxpayers, when they want to pay for something in their own households, they save up money or cut back on their spending. But when you in Congress want to pay for something and you are asked to cut back other parts of your budget to pay for it, that’s blasphemy! It’s an outrage!