The democrats 2006 "plan": spend, spend, spend, spend

TIME

Congressman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois had a nice moment on Meet the Press about a month ago. He said Democrats would run on their "ideas" in the 2006 congressional elections...

Expand support for higher education.

Create a National Institute of Science and Engineering

Use government contracts and tax incentives to boost solar and wind power

"You got a job, you got health care." Give the uninsured vouchers

Everything on the table—loopholes, pork, Bush tax cuts.

The Bush tax cuts have resulted in increases in treasury revenue, not decreases as predicted. Democrats won't cut pork - pork is what their whole existence depends on. With the major spending growth in politically "untouchable" entitlement programs, and democrat's historical aversion to pork elimination, this all sounds like quite a pipe dream to me.