Posted on 04/20/2009 12:57:46 PM PDT by blueyon
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama called his first formal Cabinet meeting on Monday, telling department and agency chiefs to find ways in the next 90 days to cut at total of $100 million out of their budgets.
Here are savings the White House said already have been identified, a tiny portion of next year's overall budget which is forecast at about $3.5 trillion. Many of the cuts listed by the administration stretch years into the future and will not have a significant impact in next year's spending.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
ex:-Combining 1,500 employees from seven office locations into a single facility in 2011 - saving $62 million over a 15-year lease term ***HOW DO THEY COME UP WITH THAT?
OR -Buying office supplies in bulk, $52 million over five years. ***YOU MEAN THE GOVERNMENT IS BUYING THEIR INK 1 AT A TIME??? -Buying multipurpose office equipment, $10 million over five years. ***LIKE A SCANNER /FAX MACHINE? HUH
IF YOU READ THE LIST I BELIEVE THEY ARE GRASPING AT STRAWS.
Like the article mentions, even if they are totally real cuts they are still so small as to be almost meaningless. It’s a sad comment on the intelligence of the American public that Obama can say calmly and to their faces that he is showing fiscal restraint by these actions.
And that they’ll believe he’s doing such great things for the country....
I bet with that 62 mil they could build their own building and then they could save money forever.
So we spend $3 trillion and then cut $100 million and call it a budget cut. Barry and the libs have a campaign slogan there.
$100 million
=
One NINTH the amount Obama has pledged to the Palestinians THIS YEAR. (At least the amount he’s openly announced)
Spend a million. Cut a nickel. Claim fiscal responsibility.
Unfortunately all it takes is 50.1% of the sheeps to buy off on this propaganda.
Homeland Security is going to save 3 million by switching to those twirly pigs tail light bulbs.
Homeland Security is going to save 3 million by switching to those twirly pigs tail light bulbs.”
Except when someone drops one or one breaks in the socket, then it’s going to cost BIG time to have a special crew come in... Oh the web we weave...yadayadayada
How much have his weekly parties and concerts cost us so far.
In the spirit of Obama, I will save the equivalent percentage from my discretionary income this year. We all need to tighten our belts.
To start, I decided not to buy a soda today. Well, what do you know, I’ve already achieved my goal!
Most Americans are not yet stupid enough (though give the public schools a little more time and they all will be stupid enough to not see that Barry has jacked the budget up to 3.5 TRILLION DOLLARS and says he is cutting it by 100 Million.
The word “Hubris” cannot be printed enough times to describe what these a$$hats really are.
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