(1) we – as in the Democratically-controlled U.S. House and Senate -- were given a mandate to do all this good stuff (after all we’ve got the votes to pass anything we want, although a few Republican votes would be handy to give us some “bi-partisan” cover);  
(2) its government spending that will turn our economy around (please don’t miss the amount of bacon brought home to our state);
(3) look what we’ve accomplished by putting a few people to work with the money that’s been spent (please don’t pay any attention to the unemployment rate which is going up because of the jobs we’re killing by our irresponsible and unsustainable spending);
(4) those of us who believe in government taking care of people care more than those who believe that people can best take care of themselves when government isn’t doing the care taking (everyone knows it is government’s purpose to take from those who have and give to everyone else, creating more who don’t have…and more who need to be taken care of);
(5) and, for good measure – yes, we are paying attention to taxpayer dollars (even as we’ve spent those dollars like the next generations won’t mind the tax burdens they’ve got to shoulder to cover the excess).