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Obama Wants End to 'Mindless Austerity' in 2016 Spending Plan [He suggested sequester, now opposes]
Voice of America ^
| 1/29/15
Posted on 01/30/2015 5:04:43 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
The statement said the automatic spending cuts, known in Washington as "sequestration," had hurt the U.S. economy and its military. Obama, the White House said, will seek to "fully reverse" cuts in domestic spending while providing equal spending boosts for military and national security programs.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: budget; hypocrisy; spending; taxes
[Obama].The statement said the automatic spending cuts, known in Washington as "sequestration," had hurt the U.S. economy and its military. Obama, the White House said, will seek to "fully reverse" cuts in domestic spending while providing equal spending boosts for military and national security programs.Sequestration was OBAMA'S plan!
None other than NBCs David Gregory today pressed Obamas chief economic advisor, Gene Sperling, whether his boss told the truth in the third presidential debate that the sequester is not something that Ive proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed. Sperling finally wilted under the pressure of tough questioning to admit that yes, in fact, the sequestration was President Obamas plan.
Sperling actually admitted nothing new as I chronicled in my With the Sequester, President Obama Argues With President Obama. Jack Lew, in his confirmation hearings, conceded on February 13 that the sequester originated in the White House. On Tuesday February 19, press spokesman Jay Carney admitted The sequester was something that was discussed
and as has been reported, it was an idea that the White House put forward.
To: SoFloFreeper
Balancing the budget is not mindless.
To: Senator_Blutarski
Over 18 Trillion dollars in debt. We haven’t seen austerity yet.
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:09:10 AM PST
by
txrefugee
To: Senator_Blutarski
The sequester is across the board
Congress can now come back and fund parts of the sequester and leave other parts unfunded. The sequester takes funds from the military and the congress restores all or part with new appropriations
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:14:20 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
To: SoFloFreeper
Obama can do or say anything he wants. There are no longer checks and balances in effect in our government.
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:14:46 AM PST
by
dinodino
To: SoFloFreeper
The only austerity ever considered and implemented was military spending cuts. If the austerity had been spread around like it was supposed to be (you know, cutbacks on entitlements and such), then the economy would’ve had a little more breathing room along with the taxpayer pulling the cart full of leeches.
Sure, the economy is only ever hurt when it advances his agenda (just like every other paradox we run into with this feckless buffoon)...
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:15:18 AM PST
by
jurroppi1
(The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
To: SoFloFreeper
Added about $10 trillion in debt I’ve 6 years, and he calls it austerity.
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:20:08 AM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Jonty30
He will propose a 7% spending increase. The Republicans will give him 5% and then crow about their “win”.
To: SoFloFreeper
I love the sequester and if we do it right this time, all America will as well. Let’s get rid of the deficit and then pile into the debt.
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:30:47 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: SoFloFreeper
“Mindless austerity” is a greater oxymoron than “Civil War” or “Jumbo Shrimp”
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:32:14 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
To: SoFloFreeper
We are $18 trillion in debt
What “austerity”??
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:34:24 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: SoFloFreeper
aus·ter·i·ty ôˈsterədē/ noun noun: austerity sternness or severity of manner or attitude. "he was noted for his austerity and his authoritarianism" extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance. "the room was decorated with a restraint bordering on austerity" conditions characterized by severity, sternness, or asceticism. plural noun: austerities "a simple life of prayer and personal austerity"
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:35:25 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: muir_redwoods
Note how quickly they adopted that language after the Greek vote.
To: SoFloFreeper
What happened to his “scalpel” with which he was going to dissect the federal budget? Must have gotten rusty.
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posted on
01/30/2015 5:56:35 AM PST
by
muglywump
(Seven days without laughter makes one weak.)
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