Posted on 08/08/2009 9:39:44 AM PDT by Son House
Urging members of his own party to be just as fiscally tough as the most conservative Republicans, Obama said the $700 billion economic bailout plan proposed by the Bush administration and congressional leaders is forcing a renewed look at federal spending.
As president, Obama said he would create a White House team headed by a chief performance officer to monitor the efficiency of government spending.
"I am not a Democrat who believes that we can or should defend every government program just because it's there," Obama said at a rally. "We will fire government managers who aren't getting results, we will cut funding for programs that are wasting your money and we will use technology and lessons from the private sector to improve efficiency across every level of government."
"The only way we can do all this without leaving our children with an even larger debt is if Washington starts taking responsibility for every dime that it spends," he said.
Obama has focused tightly on the economy in recent days, urging Democrats and Republicans to join forces to approve a bailout of the troubled financial industry that not only saves the industry but protects taxpayers.
President Bush ran for office on a platform of efficiency in government, Obama said, noting that Bush instead has presided over a mushrooming federal budget and deficits. Under Bush, spending on contractors has more than doubled, from $203 billion in 2000 to $412 billion in 2006.
"We cannot give a blank check to Washington with no oversight and accountability, when no oversight and accountability is what got us into this mess in the first place," Obama said. He warned that even as the government moves to bail out the financial sector there are signs that special interests are looking to profit.
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He’s an even more shameless liar than Billy Jeff, and that’s saying something.
this guy is out of his mind.....
Yes, the Kenyan Pretender has looked at the polls so he is changing his tune. The dance, however, will remain the same.
Obama spending cut=Propose 2,000,000,000,000 dollar scam. When taxpayers complain..cut 162,000,000. Use Obama media to proclaim his wonderful spending cuts.
Yep, this article backs up Limbaugh’s point that President Øbama is ruining the economy on purpose
There are too many lies to count. He has said whatever he always needed to say to get into office. If the public find out how much he has lied in the past his support will continue to erode.
The article is dated 9/22/2008.
My eyes almost got stuck in the back of my head!!!
What about those new Gulfstream jets ?
Yep, President Øbama and Democrats just keep hoping the unemployment rate goes aways as an issue, while they keep intentionally increasing unemployment
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Once a liar always a liar!
The Democratic Congress.
“The Democratic Congress.”
Yes.
Even when the Republicans held the majority, the Democrats still ruled because the Republicans either agreed or didn’t want to fight and be called names.
BTTT
Barack Hussein Obama is a liar. I dare any troll to say otherwise.
This probably means that the democrats will cut programs that hurts people (instead of real waist) and then blame it on political opponents so that they either back down or end up looking really bad. That’s the chicago way. I don’t trust this guy at all.
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