Skull Pilot
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It'll be cold day in hell before this happens too, but, what our government SHOULD do, is sit down with a COMPLETE list of EVERY government agency there is, ALL of them, and start closing the ones that aren't ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. I know that would be ESPECIALLY painful for obama, since he's grown the government more than any another president in history.
You people just dive head first into your lies. Where do you get this BS from?
Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack Obama? - Forbes
So, how have the Republicans managed to persuade Americans to buy into the whole Obama as big spender narrative?
It might have something to do with the first year of the Obama presidency where the federal budget increased a whopping 17.9% going from $2.98 trillion to $3.52 trillion. Ill bet you think that this is the result of the Obama sponsored stimulus plan that is so frequently vilified by the conservatives but you would be wrong.
The first year of any incoming president term is saddledfor better or for worsewith the budget set by the president whom immediately precedes the new occupant of the White House. Indeed, not only was the 2009 budget the property of George W. Bushand passed by the 2008 Congressit was in effect four months before Barack Obama took the oath of office.
In fiscal 2010 (the first Obama budget) spending fell 1.8% to $3.46 trillion.
In fiscal 2011, spending rose 4.3% to $3.60 trillion.
In fiscal 2012, spending is set to rise 0.7% to $3.63 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Offices estimate of the budget that was agreed to last August.
Finally in fiscal 2013 the final budget of Obamas term spending is scheduled to fall 1.3% to $3.58 trillion.
You do realize that a small percentage in crease in the growth of spending can if the starting point is large enough be greater than a larger percentage increase from a lower starting point don't you?