clevergirl
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The U.S. has never before had a President who thinks so little of the American people that he imagines he can win re-election running on the opposite of reality. But that is the reality of President Obama today.
Waving a planted press commentary, Obama recently claimed on the campaign stump, federal spending since I took office has risen at the slowest pace of any President in almost 60 years.
The analysis by Internet commentator Rex Nutting on which Obama based his claim begins by telling us
There is, now, a house-of-cards feel about this administration. It became apparent some weeks ago when the President talked on the stump where else? about an essay by a fellow who said spending growth [under Obama] is actually lower than that of previous Presidents. This was startling to a lot of people, who looked into it and found the man had left out most spending from 2009, the first year of Mr. Obamas Presidency. People sneered: The President was deliberately using a misleading argument to paint a false picture! But you know, why would he go out there waiving an article that could immediately be debunked? Maybe because he thought it was true. Thats more alarming, isnt it, the idea that he knows so little about the effects of his own economic program that he thinks he really is a low spender.
The previous administration, or President, proposes a budget. The previous Congress approves a budget. And what Congress approves can be radically different from what the President proposes.
President Obama: The Biggest Government Spender In World History - Forbes
Waving a planted press commentary, Obama recently claimed on the campaign stump, federal spending since I took office has risen at the slowest pace of any President in almost 60 years.
The analysis by Internet commentator Rex Nutting on which Obama based his claim begins by telling us
Not exactly.
There is, now, a house-of-cards feel about this administration. It became apparent some weeks ago when the President talked on the stump where else? about an essay by a fellow who said spending growth [under Obama] is actually lower than that of previous Presidents. This was startling to a lot of people, who looked into it and found the man had left out most spending from 2009, the first year of Mr. Obamas Presidency. People sneered: The President was deliberately using a misleading argument to paint a false picture! But you know, why would he go out there waiving an article that could immediately be debunked? Maybe because he thought it was true. Thats more alarming, isnt it, the idea that he knows so little about the effects of his own economic program that he thinks he really is a low spender.
The previous administration, or President, proposes a budget. The previous Congress approves a budget. And what Congress approves can be radically different from what the President proposes.
President Obama: The Biggest Government Spender In World History - Forbes
