I'm well aware of how the markets work. And, I've never agreed with either the Democratic or Republican budget strategies. I find both to be incredibly irresponsible just in different ways. And sadly, I find the Republican strategy more irresponsible than the Democrat's. While the Democrat's method is vile because they'll tax everything under the sun (including the sun itself if they could), at least they follow a "pay as you go" philosophy. The despicable part is that they freely spend into oblivion because there is no limit on what they want to buy, and they arrogantly think that every taxpayer is happy and willing to fund whatever useless pet project they put out there. The Republicans share the spend into oblivion philosophy, while wasting money on different pet projects, and then put the bill on a credit card and kick the can down the road.
Both methods disgust me because the end result is the same: a bloated, inefficient government with high taxation.