Posted on 10/25/2013 5:37:34 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama says he doesn't want to hear about spending cuts By Justin Sink - 10/25/13 04:41 PM ET
President Obama told Republicans in Congress that he doesn't want to hear about additional cuts to government programs after the 16-day shutdown.
The president said the country can afford to make investments in areas like education, and he noted that the shutdown cut into the economy.
“Don't tell me we can afford to shut down the government, which costs our government billions of dollars, but we can't afford to invest in our kids,” Obama said at a school in Brooklyn.
“This obsession with cutting for the sake of cutting hasn't helped our economy grow, it's held us back,” Obama said.
Standard & Poor's has estimated that the shutdown took about $24 billion from U.S. economy. Obama blasted “a small group” of House Republicans for causing what he said was a “manufactured crisis.”
Congress now faces a Jan. 15 deadline for funding the government, and a Feb. 7 deadline for raising the debt ceiling.
A House-Senate conference committee will meet next week to begin negotiations on how to handle those deadlines. Both Republican and Democratic leaders have said they are interested in getting rid of the sequester of automatic spending cuts, while downplaying hopes for a “grand bargain” deal that would cut into entitlements and reform the tax code.
Obama said the site of his speech — the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) in Brooklyn — was an example of the type of program that lawmakers should be investing more tax dollars in. Students at the school graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering.
“We need to redesign more of our high schools so they teach young people the skills required for a high-tech economy,” Obama said.
The president noted that during his tour of the school, he had stopped in on a “real world math” class to meet with students.
“It got me thinking, 'Is it too late to send Congress here for a remedial course?' ” Obama quipped.
At the same time, Obama said parties needed to “pull together.”
“We need to work together to grow the economy, not shrink it,” he said.
It was the first visit to Brooklyn for Obama since his election to the White House. The president noted that he briefly lived in the borough during the 1980s.
“Brooklyn is blowing up right now,” Obama said. “When I was living here, Brooklyn was cool, but not this cool.”
Earlier Friday, Obama held a conference call with Democratic leaders — including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (Wash.), and House Budget ranking member Chris Van Hollen (Md.) — to plot their strategy forward in the budget negotiations.
With his huge ears, how could he not?
Oddly, shouldnt shutting down the government actually save money, since, you know, it’s not open?
The man is insane.
“can afford to make investments in areas like education”
I’m TIRED of his corrupting of the word “investment”. You ever notice that he rarely, if ever used the word “spending” in regards to his spending schemes? Instead, the word “investment” is always used. A real “investment” means that you get your money back, with a nice profit on top of that. His “investments” means that his rich buddies and donors get government money shoveled to them while the taxpayer is left holding the bag.
Cut Year-to-Year total Federal Spending.
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, and cut.
“Obama says he doesn’t want to hear about spending cuts”
Fine. Lets hear about “investment” cuts.
Calling Car 54...
Obama has already increased taxes now he wants more!
Fundamental transformation.
“Book ‘em, Danno.”
That is really a 'trick' question.
See... the State does receive BILLION$ upon BILLION$ from the Casinos. It goes right into the State General Fund.
The State gives the schools money out of that fund... after it funds everything else. Somehow, very little is left... every time and every state. The Counties have to raise taxes to help the schools because the 'funding' from the state is 'limited'.
This is the reason that States decided to allow organized gambling. A big kitty of money they could steal from and get away with it.
Certainly a President who is living in denial, and sadly leads many Americans to think that there is nothing to fear.... Wow. We’re facing some real tasks...we need someone with virtue, valor and vitality and values...
Another thought... IF the schools received the full amount of money that actually comes from the casinos, we could probably have one teacher per student.
He looks photoshopped into that one, too. Look at the relative shine on the noses in the shot.
Keep it simple.
Keep the sequester.
Obama isn’t in denial, he’s a marxist trying to implement marxism.
The “god” has spoken.
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