Posted on 06/07/2010 8:32:43 AM PDT by roses of sharon
Saddled with a tight deadline and great expectations, members of President Obama's deficit reduction commission say they may not have the resources necessary to meet their task.
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, which the president created through an executive order in February, is charged with developing a plan by December 1 that would stabilize the budget deficit by 2015 and reduce the federal debt over the long term. The group is widely expected to consider a combination of tax reforms and spending cuts.
But despite the weighty demands, the panel has only a fraction of the staff and budget of standing congressional committees. The panel's own cochairs and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have criticized the meager resources and called for more support. ...
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HAAAA can this collection of clowns do ANYTHING right?
Beautiful Irony.
Isnt that the Commission that Obama placed SEIU president in charge of.?
Of course it would be natural that he doesn’t have enpough money. Maybe he should strike.
Tax collectors for Obama spending.
What a freaking joke. What a sideshow.
Do you truly think that was unintended? I don't!
Even a gerryrigged committee like that, headed by the SEIU President, couldn't dream up scenarios that would stabilize the budget deficit by 2015 and reduce the federal debt over the long term. So, Obama gets credit for trying, meaning he read what some else wrote with the help of his teleprompter.
The list, ping
Dems launch $125M health campaign
Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle and Victoria Kennedy, the late senator’s wife, are expected to be named co-chairs this week of a $125 million campaign White House allies are rolling out to defend health reform amid growing signs the party is failing to get political traction on the issue.
The extraordinary campaign, which could provide an unprecedented amount of cover for a White House in a policy debate, reflects urgency among Democrats to explain, defend and depoliticize health reform now that people are beginning to feel the new law’s effects.
The Health Information Center is being started by Andrew Grossman, a veteran Democratic operative who founded Wal-Mart Watch, a labor-backed group to challenge the world’s largest retailer.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38199.html#ixzz0qBckM2Qz
Barry Zero and the Ass-clown posse show continues on......
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