It's something we have to decide as a country. What are our priorities?

More than anything else, this one program threatens the long-term federal budget.

It's about time lawmakers sacrifice pork projects that essentially serve as taxpayer-financed re-election advertisements.

Sacrifice? ... At this time, there is none.

What that means is those costs are being passed down to our children - with interest.

Most lawmakers are coming to the conclusion that the spending spree we're seeing right now is unsustainable.