John Stossel on Why We're Always Just One Massive Spending Bill Away From Restoring Prosperity

Last year, Congress agreed to $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts, unless politicians find other things to cut. They didn't, of course. So now, with so-called sequestration looming in January, panic has set in. Even the new "fiscally responsible" Republicans vote against cutting Energy Department handouts to companies like Solyndra and subsidies to sugar producers.

Many claim that any cut in military spending will weaken America and increase unemployment. It's another demonstration of the politicians' addiction to spending—and how we are complicit. "One more infrastructure bill" or "this jobs plan" will jumpstart the economy, writes Johns Stossel, and then we'll kick our spending addiction once and for all.

But we don't.