The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. — 1862

My Take – The dogmas of the past are how we got into this mess in the first place.  It didn’t start with Obama, or either Bush.  Almost every president in the 20th century either actively pushed the government into our lives and pocketbooks, or did nothing to turn it back.  Even Reagan, who is lionized by conservatives today, only slowed the growth.  If we are to come back from the financial abyss that yawns before us, we have to make the hard decisions, take the hit both politically and financially, and cut out the growth that is threatening to strangle us.