Hi Nessus et. al.

Just been watching the news on several fronts, and the new "word of the day" seems to be "Compromise", and the inability of tptb to reach a compromised agreement.

Well, in my book, compromise got the country to where it is today.

It is why so much money is wasted i.e. How many "compromised "earmarks" were needed to enable congress to agree on bailout monies?

And where is that money now? What did it accomplish? And what part of the interest is needed to cover all those "earmarks" that have accumulated since 1917 (The year of the first "increase in the debt ceiling)?

What is needed is a "hard line"; no increase in debt ceiling and a "compromise" on where to cut first (How about the interest to the FED as suggested by Ron Paul).

Good Luck to all!