Spending Freeze: Real or a gimmick? by Niki2

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Spending Freeze: Real or a gimmick?

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UPDATED: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 14:04
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:42 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I found this debate interesting. Is it a real attempt to get rid of useless projects or a balm to Republicans?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#35069615

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:04 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

It's a balm to the Republicans. They're missing the obvious, though. Obama's offering a spending FREEZE on certain areas of the budget, meaning he won't spend MORE on those areas then we currently do. The trick is, he won't spend any LESS on those areas, either. What Republicans see (and readily, happily endorse) is that he's not upping the spending on those areas. So politically it's a win-win. In reality, it's not much of a difference anyway.

Not to mention that, like Bush, Obama can always just shove stuff through on "supplementary" or "emergency" funding requests, so it doesn't get counted into the "real" budget.

And yes, if I sound jaded and cynical on this, it's because I am.

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

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