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Originally Posted by gleem
I don't think Bush or Obama were/are fit to lead the country, more specifically their cabinets. Only a politician can say "I want to reduce the deficit and freeze spending , it's one of my top priorities" (source) and then a week later lay down a giant spending spree of what is projected to be almost 4 Trillion dollars (source).
Smoke and mirrors, smoke and mirrors for the sheeple.
one more term like this pres is having and I'd give 50/50 odds on independents starting to win house & senate seats, the people are realizing dems/repubes are one in the same. |
He didn't suggest a spending freeze, today......
Quoted from the article:
"The freeze would take effect with the 2011 fiscal year starting Oct. 1, and wouldn't affect the $787 billion economic stimulus plan already being implemented, the officials said.
It also wouldn't affect a 154 billion jobs plan pending before Congress and backed by Obama, the officials said. One aide said that plan would be exempt because it would take effect this year, before the freeze.
Administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to not upstage the president, said that the three-year freeze would save $250 billion over a decade ? if it's approved by an election-year Congress.
After three years, the total spent would be the lowest as a percentage of the total economy in 50 years. Spending on those agencies has increased by an average of 5 percent a year since 1993, the officials said."
Dang, not bad after 3 years... looks like Obama - within reason - is freezing spending. Of course knowing that a total freeze would gridlock our Country.