We can find a lot of things to blame. An Unrestrained Federal Reserve. Endless war. Welfare State. Congressional Ethics. Limitless Spending. There is a case to be made for each of these. When all has been said and done, the #1 mistake was to allow the Democrats to get near the money. Civilized nations have the Office of the Comptroller, the Office of Budget Management. When those offices lack power, human nature takes over. We've yet to find a Democrat who knows his hind-end from a screen door. That's the good news. The bad news is that it is going to get worse.