How can I think of retiring when Bush proposes a $3.1 Trillion budget?

I'm 54 years old. I don't know how it happened, but somehow it creeped up on me. I have the medicines in my pillkeeper to prove that I'm getting old (or should that be I am old?) Just the fact that I have a pillkeeper to keep my medicines organized is embarassing. I'm at the point in my life that I would like to think about retirement. I admit I haven't been a fiscal conservative in my own life, so maybe it's too much to expect from our politicians. But, come on.....Bush's $3.1 Trillion budget is embarassing. I guess what our politicians count on is that the typical person on the street just doesn't care and can't begin to comprehend the magical slieght of hand that passes for the governments budget. Bush claims his plan will lead to a deficit of only 407 Billion in fiscal year 2009. Of course he's only budgeted 70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while admitting that the cost will be much higher (for those of you who are mathematically challenged, that means the deficit will be much higher.) I would have an easier time balancing my personal budget if I could just budget $100 for my mortgage payment while knowing that it's eight times that much! Bush also claims that we'll have a budget surplus by 2012 if we just follow his lead. I don't want to pooh-pooh his leadership, but following him hasn't exactly put us in a great position so far. This budget is nothing more than smoke and mirrors continuing Little Georges failed policies. While keeping his tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy, he's proposing cuts in just about every domestic program except defense. The cruelest cuts come in Medicare and Medicaid. Watching my parents struggle to pay medical bills makes this most offensive. What kind of society balances their budget on the backs of the elderly, poor and children. How can I think about retiring when George needs more money. It's my civic duty to stay employed, pay my taxes and stimulate the economy as much as one person can.