Two seemingly unrelated events reveal much about the state of the union. The real state of the union, that is, and not the light rail and unicorn fart speech President Obama gave exactly one hundred years ago, back before Egypt.

The first event is his proposed budget. Even if all you read is us (and that works well, by the way), you already know that his plan to cut spending is to increase spending. Although the President continues to promote the idea that his budget reduces overall spending, anyone with the ability to compare two numbers and conclude which one is larger can see the proposed budget increases spending terribly.

Republicans have begun to cut his budget down. By now, you have heard that the House is eliminating all funding for ObamaCare that is within their power to do so—even the salaries of the new positions created by the bill have now become volunteer jobs. Over the last four weeks, the GOP has found a way to cut over $100 billion from the budget; unfortunately, over the last four weeks, we have added more than that to our debt and deficit.

The second event, of course, is the farce that passes for responsible government in Wisconsin. The media is painting Governor Walker as an autocrat—single-handedly making ridiculous proposals that his pawns in the legislature rubber stamp into law. Jesse Jackson—a reliable indicator of which side has the weaker argument—is already on scene and on camera, explaining that working man has been shut out of the process.

Curiously, as far as the Czar can discern, the vast majority of Americans (in Wisconsin and in the other 49 states) are rejecting this. They understand that Wisconsin’s government unions have been given a nearly free ride for decades, and the ride must end. The people of Wisconsin sent this governor there by popular election; they selected their Assembly and Senate accordingly as well: and one of the enunciated goals was to save the State of Wisconsin by fixing exactly these abuses of funding.

Thus, while thousands of protestors flood Madison, millions of Wisconsin residents are outraged by the Democrats. These people are not being fooled by media reports: they know full well that the bill to crush collective bargaining is inevitable, necessary, and ultimately a good thing for the state. Other states are planning to follow the same lead.

And why is there a lack of surprise? According to the latest stats, only 6.9 percent of private sector employees are union members; only 40 percent of public sector employees are union members. As a result, the remaining 93.1 percent and 60 percent of workers are fed up with the minority percentiles ruining the country financially. The majority now speaks.

As a result, no matter what your views are on the issue, this is a done deal. Americans are more than ever prepared to see these ill-advised expenditures be stopped or shut down. Americans of all persuasion—especially the largely fictitious independent moderate centrists—acknowledge that the country is headed for an epic disaster of our own making.

And while liberals cut and paste comment after comment in the echo chamber blogs, deep down they have to recognize it, too. The Salad Days of spending are over. For the first time in almost 100 years, the government worker is as nervous for his economic future as his increasingly estranged private sector neighbor.

Some folks say it is too late: the ship has taken on too much water to bail now. The GOP, as well-intentioned as they say the are, cannot bear to cut their pet projects any more than the Democrats…the few who truly intend to cut spending can never cut enough. Maybe this is true.

And this is where the two events we mention above reveal a horrible truth: while the GOP might not be sincere about cutting spending, we know for certain the Democrats have no intention whatsoever to cut spending. Even when sent an obscenely clear message in late 2010, the Democrats won’t (or more likely can’t) stop pretending their theories are anything short of a failure; even in order to save the country, they fantasize differently.

These facts have now been exposed. Plan accordingly.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.