And that folk’s pretty well sums up the fiscal and financial fix we find ourselves in today. For too many years we were more than happy to gorge ourselves on more and more government largesse ladled out by politicians eager to buy our votes and get re-elected. But now that the bill has come due for our overindulgence, we don’t want to pay for it.We forgot the old cowboy wisdom that says, “Never let your yearnings get ahead of earnings.” We did it as individuals and Congress did it for th...