Posted on 01/29/2015 6:14:59 PM PST by Olog-hai
Declaring an end to “mindless austerity,” President Barack Obama called for a surge in government spending Thursday, and asked Congress to throw out the sweeping budget cuts both parties agreed to four years ago when deficits were spiraling out of control.
Obama’s proposed $74 billion in added spending—about 7 percent—would be split about evenly between defense programs and the domestic side of the budget. Although he’s sought before to reverse the “sequester” spending cuts, Obama’s pitch in this year’s budget comes with the added oomph of an improving economy and big recent declines in federal deficits.
Taking a defiant tone, Obama vowed not to stand on the sidelines as he laid out his opening offer to Congress during remarks in Philadelphia, where House Democrats were gathered for their annual retreat.
“We need to stand up and go on offensive and not be defensive about what we believe in,” Obama said. Mocking Republicans for their leaders’ newfound interest in poverty and the middle class, he questioned whether they would back it up with substance when it mattered. …
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I don’t know about this rising economy that Lord Fouls minions keep alluding to, but I have seen a hell of a lot of rising food prices!
Obama’s response to a severe recession: spending surge. Obama’s response to a rising economy: spending surge. I sense a pattern. Liberals just want control over other people’s money.
Bingo! Good for you to remember that. Certainly no one in Congress does
I am waiting for the excuse,well George W Bush was allowed to drive us into a ditch,why can’t I?
All those lying DEMOCRATS who kept yelling Bush has driven us into a ditch,I always contended,it was not that Bush was spending to much,it was,according to DEMOCRATS,he was not spending enough!
Of course the idiots who fell for the Yes We Can,are MORONS anyway and will never figure it out,the true believers and communists knew it all the time
The only thing rising is the cost of food, rent, clothing, and house payments along with car/house ins.
I now spend twice as much for food than I did 5 yrs ago. Same basic items. And I coupon.
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