Obama wants to freeze discretionary spending for 3 years

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[My Favorite Headache]

Obama has just given us 2010. The left will be all over him now.

[clee1]

Yeah right... like the Rats are going to go along with this.

[paulycy]

[Norman Bates]

Why freeze spending at levels that are already unsustainable?

[CaribouCrossing]

That says it all. Add “discretionary” to the list of words Obama doesn’t know the meaning of.

[Sybeck1]

He’s already spent it all, right?

[RandallFlagg]

NOW he wants to?!

Trying to drown out this bit of news, Mr President?
Congress Went to Denmark, You Got the Bill

"For 15 Democratic and 6 Republican Congressmen, food and rooms for two nights cost $4,406 tax dollars each. That's $2,200 a day - more than most Americans spend on their monthly mortgage payment."

[TonyInOhio]

Wouldn't it make more sense to just not spend the "stimulus" funds that have yet to be wasted? I think that amounts to something like $500 billion, which, even using ObamaMath, is more than $250 billion.

[wiseprince]

This might be a dumb question but does this mean no health care, stiumulus or cap and tax or is it just words as usual

[SpinyNorman]

Discretionary spending. You mean like the million that Pelosi and a hundred or so hangers on spent for two unproductive days of face time in Copenhagen for the Climategate summit. The money that even CBS news found to be to egregious to cover up?

[SkyPilot]

There is no way Obama will do this - especially freezing the budget of the Dept of Education.

My opinion is he is just trying to out maneuver Republicans, and get the "Stupid Party" to go along with massive tax increases.

I bet the Pubbies go along too. They are THAT stupid.

[Secret Agent Man]

Big freaking deal. Non-discretionary spending takes up almost 3/4 of the total budget. Freezing it at the current astronomical level is 100% for show. It means nothing, it’s impact is negligible, yet the MSM and liberal sock puppets will say ‘now he’s getting tough on spending.’

Total bs crock of crap, the media will run with it, it won’t do anything.

[ColdOne]

YOU LIE!

[Bush gal in LA]

Does this mean he will put the ‘’freeze’’ on the ‘’ Cap and trade ‘’ bill, the ‘’ Obama care’’ bill, etc?!,,,,,I didn’t think so!

[Boardwalk]

Loser! If you’re trying to describe that kind of person who just can’t get anything right, who’s always slow to figure things out, who is doomed to come in last:
That’s a loser. Only one ‘o’ in that, like a big zero.

[K-oneTexas]

Discretionary spending =

A) Foreign aid to despots.

B) Bribery payments to the UN.

C) Salaries to Congress.

[stratman1969]

$250 billion is chump change compared to the tab this Administration has rung up in just the last year.

[Popman]

Very interesting

Obama is going to run center left to save his majorities in the Congress

As soon as 2010 is over back to being his true shelf

Marxist in Chief

[TornadoAlley3]

Under the proposal, which will need to be approved by both houses of Congress..