Well said. The issue with government spending -- in Canada as well as the US -- is that it's very easy to promise to spend. It's very, very difficult to cut, especially when the biggest programs; the ones that would have the most impact if cuts and efficiencies were made (healthcare and education in Canada, for example) are also the ones that nobody want to cut or even experiment with efficiencies in program delivery. Collectively, we need to grow up as a body politic or the government so many deride will never have the support it needs to improve.