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Obama’s Big Fat Greek Budget
Canada Free Press ^ | 02/08/15 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 02/08/2015 11:41:15 AM PST by Sean_Anthony

Debt is about more than just money. It's about the end of expectations and the death of hope

In a speech at the Department of Homeland Security, Obama declared that he wants to “replace mindless austerity with smart investments that strengthen America”. Those “smart” investments scattered across a gargantuan $4 trillion budget include a $500 million Green Climate Fund for the Third World and $105 million to help the government build better websites.

Obama is fond of putting the word “smart” in front of stupid ideas to make them seem less stupid.

The $4 trillion budget is actually as stupid as the new left-wing Greek government elected on a platform of not paying its debts. This new government intends to replace the old policy of getting money in exchange for cutting spending with a new policy of not cutting spending and demanding money anyway. So far this new policy has been rejected by every country from Germany to China.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 114th; alexistsipras; blogpimp; debt; europeanunion; federalspending; greece; obama; syriza; taxandspend

1 posted on 02/08/2015 11:41:15 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
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You're not allowed to post Greenfield without the dancing letters!


2 posted on 02/08/2015 11:50:21 AM PST by shibumi ("Walk through the fire - Fly through the smoke")
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Don’t they teach “search” in blogpimp school?


3 posted on 02/08/2015 11:51:33 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: Sean_Anthony

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4 posted on 02/08/2015 11:54:33 AM PST by humblegunner
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5 posted on 02/08/2015 11:57:47 AM PST by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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To: 50mm

OOooh! Dancy!


6 posted on 02/08/2015 12:00:52 PM PST by humblegunner
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