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Originally Posted by Danzig
it's his budget that he submitted they were talking about, not what congress will eventually approve. but way to deflect at any rate. obama wants increased spending, while at the same time cautioning about a bigger deficit. it's called talking out of both sides of your mouth.
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??? The President doesn't make up the vast majority of what we spend every year - it is largely predetermined, Medicare, federal employees, defense, etc. For example Fed employees are getting a 2% raise this year.
Are you talking about what is in the House and Senate now, the omnibus bill for 2010 spending, right?
So tell me, out of all the 2010 spending ("Obama's budget" is not what it is), what is specifically Obama's programs, added, that you don't like?
And yes, that bill (those bills, House and Senate are different) are huge and filled with pork, and much will be cut out, and the vast majority of crap in it is put there by our Congressmen and Senators for their districts and states.
Blaming everything in there for 2010 all on Obama is ridiculous. And yes, you have to wait and see what is passed and what is not.
News (not op-ed) article discussing it:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=alggRZ3von6w