Musing of one thinking about the super salesman (the same one who sold the bear 2 tickets to the San Diego Zoo), who went to Washington, encountered a Congressman and tried to sell him 2 tickets for a guided tour of the Capitol, only to realize later that the Congressman had sold him the Washington Monument...

I have heard on TV news and talk shows much discussion about the national debt and the arguments about raising the ceiling.  But I have seen no discussion whatever about the annual budget and the need to balance it if the debt ceiling is to be maintained at its present level.  I realize that many people are out of work and currently dependent on some form of government aid, but there are other things which could be done, e.g. consolidating functions, eliminating unnecessary activities, freezing pay scales and the like.  It would be nice to see somebody in Congress worrying about this part of the government's fiscal situation.