Is it our leader or us

All the option have been bandied about except one. Reduce spending. Both democrats and republicans agree on one thing government must be bigger. The difference being the kind of government. Republicans would have a; well I do not know. Not having heard the kind of government suggested by the republicans one can only guess it is not the democrat's idea of government. Leaving the R to be labeled by the smear of the day. In the same vein one must still admit government has become larger under both parties pacing being the difference.
No one republican or democrat has come to the forefront suggesting a reduction in spending; only a reduction in debt, implying a tax increase. No wonder anyone is having a hard time trying to identify with the republican party, it is ethereal. Reaching out to grab the latest news from the GOP finding only a vapor, listening to talk radio for fast breaking news which might stir the conservative base, craning my neck to see if there are other conservatives dissatisfied with the status quo. Old rich men who do not read bills, not senate seats, but senate institutions, institutions who write the senator's questions, write the legislation, read the opposition material only to have prepared questions read like a 10 year old reading college material regurgitated by the titular head of the institution.

Our leaders without or unable to express their own opinions or maybe unable to render an intelligent opinion, spewing drivel pumped out by both parties by fax each morning, no independent thinkers, no creativity, only followers. The leaders picked by the voting population shows how shallow the thought processes employed by the masses in choosing any leader. Names be not mentioned; both parties have pulled together candidates without merit on a state, local, and national level.
People who have painted their own backs and those of their friends, gone on to greener pastures with their new high contacts in government or business. Positions from which net worth can be created. One must ask how a simple person going into an elected position without much net worth can suddenly have over just a few years multiple a good salary and benefits in to tens of millions?
Our leaders, men and women who cannot under any circumstance even think reducing spending might be an option. Where is the outcry? Are we so mired in our own morass we close the eyes to the nation's wealth being flushed down the toilet, to indenture future generations with our own greed?