Our oldest boy asked me why I was laughing at the campaign ad we were watching for Mitt Romney on the TV. I told him I thought it was funny that one of Romney’s claims is that he will balance the budget if elected to represent Utah in Congress. He didn’t understand the humor until I explained that the last time we had a balanced budget was during the Clinton administration and that the Republicans just blew the biggest hole in the budget to give the rich and corporations a bigger advantage over the rest of us than they already have. Of course, President Donald Trump vows to give us middle class a 10 percent tax break before the election — impossible, of course, since the Congress is not in session, among other reasons.