BREAKING NEWS: Obama to call for 5-year freeze on non-security spending, White House says

MSNBC ^ | January 25, 2011 | MSNBC

[Hawk720]

headline only

[ltc8k6]

With all sorts of stuff redefined as “security”...

[ClearCase_guy]

No COLA for social security for 5 additional years?
No bailouts of any kind?
No investment in green technology?
No additional funds for education?

As if.

[dirtboy]

Big Fat Hairy Deal, after the massive run-up in spending over the last few years. We need to CUT spending, not just freeze it at the current insane levels.

[tobyhill]

A freeze does nothing except leaves the deficits at above $1 trillion yearly but actual cuts decrease the trillion dollar deficits.

[NELSON111]

So...let me get this straight: BHO and a democratic Congress spend us into eternal debt...put in place programs that will keep us in eternal debt...then loose an election...THEN he makes it his policy to spend no more money?

...AND the sheeple will cheer this great apron string tightener...forgetting that he is the one who put us in the situation in the first place. He's pulling a Bill Clinton and he will get away with it.

[rarestia]

Yep! Security is going to become the next bastardized political watchword!

[Uncle Ike]

“Freeze” - that would mean no increases, but then, it also means no REDUCTIONS....

If revenues continue, for a variety of reasons, falling, and outlays remain ‘frozen’, that works out to an ever-increasing deficit...

Thanks for nothin’......

[Senator_Blutarski]

Freezing spending at too-high levels fixes nothing. In fact, it makes things worse.

[AU72]

So he wants to lock-in the drunken sailor spending for 5 more years with no roll-back?

[Mr. K]

Freez at 2008 levels ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[9YearLurker]

Exactly. Freezing it at his spendthrift level accomplishes nothing. (And if you believe he’d even stick to that after re-election, he’s got a high-speed rail project to sell you too!)

[Mr. K]

Freeze at 2008 levels ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! (or earlier)

He just wants to LOCK IN the $1.4 trillion deficit

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Cementjungle]

Freeze spending at a record high level???? Nice try.

[paulycy]

If you’re spending too much, you don’t freeze the spending at the “too much” level.

You CUT spending.

Moron.

[Hoodat]

Freez at 20086 levels ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[org.whodat]

Trying to cut off a roll back, more Clintoon triangulations

[FrankR]

“Calling” for it, and “getting” it, are two very different things....

[Para-Ord.45]

Got his socialist DeathCare passed so it`s IN, can`t be subject to any freeze.

His agenda is passed, Czars rule by decree so he can feint to the middle and pretend to be moderate for 2 years.

Re-election is guaranteed.

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