Posted on 02/22/2009 12:00:13 PM PST by jessduntno
Sure, first he’ll quintuple it, then ‘slash’ it in half, leaving it 2.5 times as big as under Bush.
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FICIT
no wonder Jimmy Carter is smiling, he will not be the worst anymore...
Ho Ho
One man, one vote
Has got to go
We can survive wars, hurricanes, tornados, pestilence, famine,....
....but....the US cannot survive welfare deadbeats who have the vote.
To wit, Clinton's for Smaller Defense, not Smaller Government
"The only part of government really reduced under Clinton has been the civilian work force. Yet even here, to be more accurate, it's not government in general that has gotten smaller, but rather Defense that has been cut, thereby masking Clinton's overall bigger-government appetite.
"* From 1993 through 1999 (estimates), Defense discretionary spending has fallen from $292.4 billion to $265.1 billion -- a 9.3 percent decrease.
"* The Defense accounts absorbed 67 percent (222,800) of the 331,000 FTE reductions in federal civilian employment over the same time period."
So where's Obama going to get the money to reduce the deficit? Taxes on "the rich" and big reductions in defense.
"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States"
The Constitution is not a suicide pact. Americans are not recruited to be martyrs. (Maybe recruits from those mysterious extra seven or eight states in Obama's America crave martyrdom?)
If in addition to higher taxes on "the rich" President Obama slashes the defense budget to get the savings then screw the President.
Our military have and are developing weapons and have manpower needs that they deem necessary to destroy our enemies now and to be prepared for any future enemy. That is their job.
During the campaign Obama made clear his intention to deny our military. That is treason in this era of war as far as the eye can see.
Sure he’ll cut the deficit in half. He’ll need to install cooling towers at the mint to keep the printing presses from melting, but it’s just a matter of engineering.
This means....TAXES! I would guess lots of hidden taxes so he can claim net CUTs in middles class taxes. The other point to note: His massive spending of trillions in bailouts and stimulus are OFF BUDGET! So he doesnt include that in total of the 50%
The Shill Left Wing Media continues its lies.
The next story is about an “undocumented immigrant” not an illegal.
Goebbels would be proud of the current MSM.
Or he cooks the books.
Congress controls the budget so how is Obama going to do this?
Are you sure this didn’t come from Onion.com?
You just can't make this stuff up. Like an alcoholic preaching tee totaling.
whaaaaaaaaaaaaat???
ZERO just added 3 trillion to the debt!
What a clown!!!
Easily done; just raise taxes on those filthy rich folks. You know, the ones who make $150K or more, a year. That ought to do it./s
OMG, what a bunch of forked tongues they have.
New Obama nominee for Commerce Secretary will explain how he will cut the budget in half:
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