[markomalley]

So that's interesting. Let's see how this one will work:

- He is going to increase exponentially the amount of government programs

- He is going to cut contractors (which, unless programs are eliminated and not replaced with other, bigger, better, programs, means that he will have to hire additional government workers to replace contractors)

- He is going to fire inefficient government managers (yeah, right)

- He is not going to increase government spending.

That's a neat trick...

[stocksthatgoup]

Please Sen Obama spell out examples of the cuts you want to make!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Some goofy politician says this EVERY election season. They’ve been saying it for as long as I’ve been alive.

[manic4organic]

The only cuts he’ll make is in the military.

[rightwingextremist1776]

How much you wanna bet all the contractors come from the Military side of the house? just replace them with the Soldiers, Airmen, Marines and Sailors already on the books....it's a 2 fer.

[KoRn]

Why pay a contractor when you can pay a government employee union member. Right?

[robomatik]

"...we will use technology and lessons from the private sector to improve efficiency across every level of government."

what, exactly, does this buffoon know about the private sector?

[muawiyah]

"Contractors" ~ that would be folks who keep government computer systems running, automobile companies (who provide vehicles to the military and civilian agencies), office supply companies (who provide, paper, pencils, pens, erasers, wastebaskets, paperclips, etc.)

I doubt you can balance the budget by whacking contractors.

[Rodm]

Hey Stupid AP Propagandist: Yeah Right, just like Clinton
lied to the poor bums that he was going to give a middle
class tax cut and when he got in office he raised taxes.
If Obama got in office (God Forbid) the gravy
train will be a flowing to every Democrat con-man around
the country. It will make Freddie and Fannie look like
small potatoes.

[fuente]

Since the government doesn’t actually make anything, exactly where will Barry go to get everything?

[madison10]

So how is Obama going to get anything done?

[pallis]

Obama will cut military contractors right out of the picture.

[Wuli]

He wont's save a dime on this bait and switch.

He'll hire additional federal employees to do the jobs the
“contractors” are doing and by the time you add the federal bennies and job protections the $40 billion in “savings” will be replaced with $120 billion in new long term labor cost commitments.

[mabelkitty]

Well, we all know unions make up the majority of contractors, so this will be interesting to watch.

[KarlInOhio]

When I think of government contractor the first thing I think of is defense contractors. Cutting $40 billion from contractors is a fancy way of saying cutting $40 billion from defense.

[Carley]

He be goin’ to be puttin a lot of people out of work.

[elpadre]

Contractors have made the grade because they actually save money as compared to having government or military do the same work. Some contractors are hired by the military to free up men in uniform for work they are trained to do - like fight a war.

[dalebert]

i feel safe with a white houe team keeping up with gov spending. sure i do.

[Brett66]

Obama said he would create a White House team headed by a chief performance officer to monitor the efficiency of government spending.

OMG! He sounds like one of those dorky supervillians who surrounds himself with incompetents just so he can blame them when everything blows up.

[indianyogi]

Palin has done exactly this already in Alaska.

McCain is the leader on this issue.

Obama, please stop stealing ideas from others.
At some point you please show some ethical standards.

[meadsjn]

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama moved to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility in a roiling economy, vowing on Monday to slash federal spending on contractors by 10 percent and saving $40 billion.

Yeah, Barak! Cut out those minority set-aside contracts, and save the taxpayers $500 Billion. Hey, where are all you black voters going? We didn't really mean it.