What's a trillion?

Once again the myth that conservatives are fiscally responsible is taking a beating. George W. Bush, possibly the most conservative president in U.S. history, has managed to turn a $128-billion surplus into a $423-billion deficit in a mere five years. And a conservative Republican Congress seems happy to oblige. They just bumped the federal debt limit to $9-trillion ($9-trillion!!), for the fourth increase in five years. One would never know it's an election year down there and the Republicans are in trouble. The problem from a northern perspective is that if the Bushites dump the American economy in the toilet, ours will probably go with it.