The difference in spending habits between government and a drunken sailor is, at least a drunken sailor spends his own money.
We may think the relatives are boneheads when it comes to keeping a budget on track, but at least they're blowing their own money on what we are pretty dang sure is really stoopid stuff.
Government, otoh, has a completely different set of incentives.
We need to remind ourselves regularly that it's our money not theirs. Keep that in mind as April 15th comes barreling into your wallet.
As Ever,
TWC