In the end, all They Really Wanted was Pork

From today's Wall Street Journal:

A nearly $120 billion Iraq war-funding bill cleared Congress, capping months of emotional debate that has been a lesson in both power sharing and patience for the new Democratic majority.

Included in the measure is a $2.10-an-hour increase in the federal minimum wage as well as billions in new domestic spending for Democratic priorities. But President Bush will retain a free hand over managing the war after vetoing earlier efforts by lawmakers to force him to begin to withdraw U.S. troops Oct.1.

So much for the Democrats being any different. They're just Republicans without any financial brakes at all. Spend, spend, spend.

I'll say it again. The government is like a family where every penny of income gets spent, every penny of retirement gets spent and the credit card balances keep going up.

Oh yeah, that will go on forever.