In the last six months, the business of America has become government, and the government does not tolerate the American people interfering in its business.

A recent article on Bloomberg.com estimated that the current stimulus bill would raise the government's legal commitments to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation's home mortgages.

In perspective, the total government income this year is projected to be $2.7 trillion.

There is no assurance that any of the stimulus bills will avert a depression or that we would have a depression even if there were no bailouts.

All this is being done on a bet, a bet that will be paid by you and me, our children, and our children's children.

Consider the current stimulus bill that Obama and the Democratic leadership are pushing hard. Is there anyone on the planet, including Obama, who actually believes that this is a "stimulus" bill? And if they do, "stimulus" for what?

Sen. Tom Harkin has been a little more forthright than most. He stated that the bill is not pork laden, "but a longer-term transformation of the economy," and then added, "I think that's what's been missing in this debate."

No. Conservatives have been saying this since day one. This bill is about government control; control of your business, control of your education, control of your health.

Why do you think that the government insists on handing out the money, rather than not collecting it? The same amount of money would be injected into the economy by reducing all income tax by 85 percent. But that would give you control instead of the government.

Like the sales pitch on any used-car lot, this bill must be passed immediately. We can't wait. Even though it spends money in amounts that are incomprehensible, we are told that there is no time to look at it carefully and certainly no time for open debate.

Harkin is entirely correct. This bill has much more to do with paying off political favors, increasing welfare dependency, setting the stage for medical socialism and creating a fascist economic system than it does with creating jobs and preventing a major recession.

Several versions of the bill have been debated. Here is a short example of details.

One bill authorizes $25 million simply to pay for oversight activities created by the bill.

None of the funds in one version may be used by any casino, aquarium, zoo, golf course or swimming pool; and right off the bat, the bill increases unemployment. It mandated that no money could go to Illinois unless they dump Gov. Blagojevich.

No building project is authorized unless the construction steel is produced in the United States. No problem. If the steel increases total costs by over 25 percent, a project may go elsewhere for material.

There is $22.1 billion for rural housing insurance, but not to worry, there is also $2.8 billion to make sure these rural cottages all have wireless and broadband.

There is almost $200 billion for basic welfare (unemployment, health insurance, food stamps), all of which are extensions over present programs, but only $0.9 billion to help with small business assistance, and only $150 million for the science of "aeronautics."

You won't see this from the national media or from Washington, but forced transactions decrease wealth. The $200 billion above will not decrease poverty or increase jobs, it will increase poverty and decrease jobs.

There is $30 billion for highways, which is a true stimulus, but almost $13 billion for public transit, which is roughly equal to taking money out and burning it.

And of course, there is $68 billion for additional payments for education. The feds have no legitimate education function but insist on meddling by withholding money (extortion) from local states and districts unless they comply with federal regulations; a prototypical example of the entire bill.

Now, don't tell me my numbers are wrong, because if you know the actual numbers, you know a whole lot more than the "public servants" who are actually voting on this bill.

This stimulus bill is one of the most irresponsible things I have ever seen the children in Washington do.

The Russians believe that we are sliding into irrelevancy as a world power. They ought to know; they tried all this stuff almost a hundred years ago and haven't recovered since.