just 90 billion in spending cuts, that's all. and 453 billion in increased revenue. most generated by higher taxes on stuff. republicans say, of course, the cuts are far too small and talking points agrees. here is how the enormous spending effects you. in order to pay off the interest on the 14 trillion-dollar debt, money that could be used to defend america to educate its children, to build highways and other infrastructure is, instead, that money is instead sent to people who have lent us the money. people in china and in the arab states, for example. so the feds are basically taking money away from we the people, a form of taxation and using it to satisfy debt payments. it's a vicious cycle. the democrats demand more money for education and entitlements and other projects. we have to borrow that to support those entitlements because we are sending the money we do have to people who have financed our debt. so they think that's bigger and bigger and bigger. that's crazy. if the u.s. government were a