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JENNIFER RUBIN - 04.24.2009 - 3:30 PM
If not for the on-off interrogation show trial debacle, the biggest presidential misstep of the week would have been the laughable effort to nibble $100M out of the federal budget. Not only conservatives are laughing, as this report explains:
Youre cherry-picking the base of the tree on stuff that is not innovative, said Paul C. Light, a scholar of federal bureaucracy at New York University. Purchasing in bulk? Wow, thats a bold idea! Teleconferencing? Holy moly! None of this stuff is the kind of bold sweep youre hoping Obama will bring to the management of government.
Isabel V. Sawhill, a Clinton administration budget official who directs the Budgeting for National Priorities project at the Brookings Institution, said she feared the cuts would be lampooned on late-night talk shows.
Im not sure I thought it was a good step towards convincing people that he cares about fiscal responsibility, she said.
Im not sure either. But this is what the Obama team is forced to resort to silly symbolic efforts because of the trap they find themselves in, or rather, have put themselves in. They have created a massively irresponsible budget that will, over time, eat up more and more of the GDP and strain our ability to finance our debt. And the public, independent voters especially, are very nervous about it. Figuring that the public isnt paying much attention to the number of zeroes, Obama throws out a number that used to sound like a lot of money $100M. But the public is perhaps smarter than Obama reckons, and the administrations critics arent playing along with the charade.
The result: everyone got a reminder of just how irresponsible the Obama fiscal policy is. Good thing for whomever thought this up that the news was swamped by the interrogation memo fiasco. Otherwise someone might be in trouble.
The phrase 'blowing smoke' comes to mind.i don't know that it highlights how irresponsible his fiscal policy is, but it certainly indicates to me that a lot of what the current admin is going to be doing will be sybolic rather than substantive. in the abstract, $100MM is a lot of money, but in terms of the federal budget, it's like finding fifty cents in the sofa cushions.
to me it says there's no commitment to fiscal responsibility or saving money and big commitment to PR and getting reelected.
Let's try again without the ad hominems, strawmen and personal attacks. THAT is controlling the message through infraction points.
Did I miss something? Did someone have a post that was deleted?
i don't know that it highlights how irresponsible his fiscal policy is, but it certainly indicates to me that a lot of what the current admin is going to be doing will be sybolic rather than substantive. in the abstract, $100MM is a lot of money, but in terms of the federal budget, it's like finding fifty cents in the sofa cushions.
to me it says there's no commitment to fiscal responsibility or saving money and big commitment to PR and getting reelected.
i don't know that it highlights how irresponsible his fiscal policy is, but it certainly indicates to me that a lot of what the current admin is going to be doing will be sybolic rather than substantive. in the abstract, $100MM is a lot of money, but in terms of the federal budget, it's like finding fifty cents in the sofa cushions.
to me it says there's no commitment to fiscal responsibility or saving money and big commitment to PR and getting reelected.
i don't know that it highlights how irresponsible his fiscal policy is, but it certainly indicates to me that a lot of what the current admin is going to be doing will be sybolic rather than substantive. in the abstract, $100MM is a lot of money, but in terms of the federal budget, it's like finding fifty cents in the sofa cushions.
to me it says there's no commitment to fiscal responsibility or saving money and big commitment to PR and getting reelected.
I think the assumption of his, that people would just go, "Aha, he's doing SOMETHING to control spending, demonstrates his opinion of the American people. He may be onto something there, it worked for DavidS and we know President Obama won the election, so in general his opinion may be correct.
That though is an aside, what concerns me more is the attention deficit of so many and the way the old Clinton gang is manipulating issues. With the pictures to be released this week, behooves everyone to notice what is being pushed off of the front pages for the next 3-5 days.
i don't know that it highlights how irresponsible his fiscal policy is, but it certainly indicates to me that a lot of what the current admin is going to be doing will be sybolic rather than substantive. in the abstract, $100MM is a lot of money, but in terms of the federal budget, it's like finding fifty cents in the sofa cushions.
to me it says there's no commitment to fiscal responsibility or saving money and big commitment to PR and getting reelected.
I think the assumption of his, that people would just go, "Aha, he's doing SOMETHING to control spending, demonstrates his opinion of the American people. He may be onto something there, it worked for DavidS and we know President Obama won the election, so in general his opinion may be correct.
That though is an aside, what concerns me more is the attention deficit of so many and the way the old Clinton gang is manipulating issues. With the pictures to be released this week, behooves everyone to notice what is being pushed off of the front pages for the next 3-5 days.
I agree in regard to the attention deficit. The sleight-of-hand is obvious if one only look. I don't believe that many people are that inherently stupid though. I think three-quarters of them suffer another type stupidity -- willful blindness.
i don't know that it highlights how irresponsible his fiscal policy is, but it certainly indicates to me that a lot of what the current admin is going to be doing will be sybolic rather than substantive. in the abstract, $100MM is a lot of money, but in terms of the federal budget, it's like finding fifty cents in the sofa cushions.
to me it says there's no commitment to fiscal responsibility or saving money and big commitment to PR and getting reelected.
I think the assumption of his, that people would just go, "Aha, he's doing SOMETHING to control spending, demonstrates his opinion of the American people. He may be onto something there, it worked for DavidS and we know President Obama won the election, so in general his opinion may be correct.
That though is an aside, what concerns me more is the attention deficit of so many and the way the old Clinton gang is manipulating issues. With the pictures to be released this week, behooves everyone to notice what is being pushed off of the front pages for the next 3-5 days.
I agree in regard to the attention deficit. The sleight-of-hand is obvious if one only look. I don't believe that many people are that inherently stupid though. I think three-quarters of them suffer another type stupidity -- willful blindness.
Actually, we agree. The 'attention' problem will only work for a bit, until people really start evaluating what is 'happening.' June/July would be my guess. I think most really wanted him to succeed, many wanted to give him a fair chance and still are waiting. But judgement will come, which is why he's trying to get 'national health care' done this week. Freaking unbelievable!
I agree in regard to the attention deficit. The sleight-of-hand is obvious if one only look. I don't believe that many people are that inherently stupid though. I think three-quarters of them suffer another type stupidity -- willful blindness.
Actually, we agree. The 'attention' problem will only work for a bit, until people really start evaluating what is 'happening.' June/July would be my guess. I think most really wanted him to succeed, many wanted to give him a fair chance and still are waiting. But judgement will come, which is why he's trying to get 'national health care' done this week. Freaking unbelievable!
that would describe me, even though i didn't vote for him, but after the traditional 100 dyas, all i'm seeing is style over substance, rhetoric over reality. i agree that saving even a little money is good, but i don't see any commitment there to a long term solution.
Actually, we agree. The 'attention' problem will only work for a bit, until people really start evaluating what is 'happening.' June/July would be my guess. I think most really wanted him to succeed, many wanted to give him a fair chance and still are waiting. But judgement will come, which is why he's trying to get 'national health care' done this week. Freaking unbelievable!
that would describe me, even though i didn't vote for him, but after the traditional 100 dyas, all i'm seeing is style over substance, rhetoric over reality. i agree that saving even a little money is good, but i don't see any commitment there to a long term solution.
The money allocated is real, at least in the sense that it will need to be paid back-someday. What is not real is anything that resembles actual success in bringing back the economy. In fact, the overwhelming success has been the injection of government into private industries, from firing executives, determining pay, insisting they take loans, calling which autos will be made and which won't. Oh, they are accomplishing a lot, while distracting the people with 'mini crisis' that go away after a few days. The whole release of pictures this week, will keep people from watching what the hell is going on with health care in Congress.
that would describe me, even though i didn't vote for him, but after the traditional 100 dyas, all i'm seeing is style over substance, rhetoric over reality. i agree that saving even a little money is good, but i don't see any commitment there to a long term solution.
The money allocated is real, at least in the sense that it will need to be paid back-someday. What is not real is anything that resembles actual success in bringing back the economy. In fact, the overwhelming success has been the injection of government into private industries, from firing executives, determining pay, insisting they take loans, calling which autos will be made and which won't. Oh, they are accomplishing a lot, while distracting the people with 'mini crisis' that go away after a few days. The whole release of pictures this week, will keep people from watching what the hell is going on with health care in Congress.
There isn't enough money to pay for the entitlements we have, so obama wants to create another entitlement? Just peachy. What a guy.
SPEND US INTO OBLIVION OBLAHMA.... NO ONE IS WATCHING ANYWAY...
that would describe me, even though i didn't vote for him, but after the traditional 100 dyas, all i'm seeing is style over substance, rhetoric over reality. i agree that saving even a little money is good, but i don't see any commitment there to a long term solution.
The money allocated is real, at least in the sense that it will need to be paid back-someday. What is not real is anything that resembles actual success in bringing back the economy. In fact, the overwhelming success has been the injection of government into private industries, from firing executives, determining pay, insisting they take loans, calling which autos will be made and which won't. Oh, they are accomplishing a lot, while distracting the people with 'mini crisis' that go away after a few days. The whole release of pictures this week, will keep people from watching what the hell is going on with health care in Congress.
There isn't enough money to pay for the entitlements we have, so obama wants to create another entitlement? Just peachy. What a guy.
SPEND US INTO OBLIVION OBLAHMA.... NO ONE IS WATCHING ANYWAY...
The money allocated is real, at least in the sense that it will need to be paid back-someday. What is not real is anything that resembles actual success in bringing back the economy. In fact, the overwhelming success has been the injection of government into private industries, from firing executives, determining pay, insisting they take loans, calling which autos will be made and which won't. Oh, they are accomplishing a lot, while distracting the people with 'mini crisis' that go away after a few days. The whole release of pictures this week, will keep people from watching what the hell is going on with health care in Congress.
There isn't enough money to pay for the entitlements we have, so obama wants to create another entitlement? Just peachy. What a guy.
SPEND US INTO OBLIVION OBLAHMA.... NO ONE IS WATCHING ANYWAY...
I agree. Obama need to raise taxes, or do major spending cuts in other programs if he wants to increase health care coverage.
There isn't enough money to pay for the entitlements we have, so obama wants to create another entitlement? Just peachy. What a guy.
SPEND US INTO OBLIVION OBLAHMA.... NO ONE IS WATCHING ANYWAY...
I agree. Obama need to raise taxes, or do major spending cuts in other programs if he wants to increase health care coverage.
he needs to do both if he is serious about health care reform.
