5. We can fund new programs to boost opportunity by cutting waste and abuse in the federal budget.

Yeah, between what we spend on TARP, related bailout expenses, Iraq and Afganistan we could not only build a new green infrastructure but also "fund new programs to boost opportunity" for the poor in the USA. And we would get a positive return on our investment vs. the millstone around our, our childern and our grandchildren's necks that the debt incurred to pay for the give-aways to the financial sector will provide.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."