Posted on 09/23/2010 6:57:48 AM PDT by IbJensen
“I’m not spending a trillion dollars,” President Obama declares forthrightly on the front page of today’s Washington Post—words few imagined would ever pass the lips of perhaps the biggest spender ever to occupy the Oval Office.
What sparked Obama’s sudden embrace of fiscal restraint? The only matter Obama and the Democrats seem to think is a waste of taxpayer dollars—defending the country from terrorism.
In its preview of Bob Woodward’s new book, Obama’s Wars, which details the internal debate over the administration’s war plan for Afghanistan, the Post reveals that “at one strategy session, the president waved a memo from the Office of Management and Budget, which put a price tag of $880 billion over ten years on the military’s open-ended approach.”
Can you imagine Obama angrily waving a memo at his advisors detailing the costs of his stimulus spending bill—which, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will cost $819 billion over 10 years? Or can you imagine him waving a memo detailing the cost of his healthcare bill and declaring this spending unacceptable?
For Obama, war spending is not an investment in keeping the country safe—it is wasted money that could be better used for his domestic agenda. So we see Obama spending without restraint in virtually every sphere of domestic life, but suddenly discovering fiscal discipline when it comes to defense and national security. The Woodward book promises to be a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes thinking of a president who sees his responsibilities as commander in chief as an expensive distraction from his real agenda.
All describe our anti-president.
Looks like O is LBJ 2.0
Ask this moron to write out the number representing one trillion.
Wanna bet he screws it up?
Harvard law?
Bwahahahahahaha!
True. I think it’s more like 20 trillion.
Technically, he’s not. Congress is with his blessing though.
True. He's BORROWING a trillion dollars because he ain't got a trillion dollars to spend.
The dems are now and have always been weak on national security.
If anything this maoist has doubled down on weakness.
Good catch. It's all about technicalities with Libs.
Kind of like, "depends on what the meaning of 'is' is."
Who can believe a thing he says?
There aren’t enough derogatory words in the English language to properly describe this detestable, despicable anti-presidential riff-raff.
My tagline says government is a disease masquerading as its own cure, but the present occupant of the White Hut is a disease masquerading as a president.
He and his disgusting Congressional and bureaucratic sycophants are literally murdering America.
At first the DemocRATs were satisfied killing babies and we let them get away with it and now they’re coming after the rest of us.
Oh, but of course to them its Bush and not congress who has spent Trillions on wars we didn’t need.
The Dems have been on the wrong side since the Civil War. Check it out!
Well, yeah. It’s a double-standard thing.
It a given that Obama will try to pull cover for himself as he believes he can do no wrong. Let’s all hope Obama’s lame duck session starts after Jan 20th or when ever congress is sworn in. That is assuming Repubs don’t fark it up and end up taking both chambers.
Obama never intended to 'deliver.' Take a look at where our tax money is going. It’s going to specific groups and agencies where there is no return, not one dollar coming back. None of it is to help small business. That's why there are trillions of dollars sitting on the sidelines. People won't invest, won't hire and won't spend because you don't know what this moron will do next. The whole financial meltdown was caused by a form of reparations, giving homes to people who couldn't afford them.
And so, we're in deep, deep economic trouble. And these liberals are going to friggin' sing and dance along, all the way, as they dance off a cliff.
I've finally figured out who he reminds me of. Michael Scott. That guy on NBC's "The Office".
A self-aggrandizing narcissist who knows everything about everything. Makes up or mispronounces words to make himself sound smarter. Thinks he's being funny when he's actually being demeaning. Thinks everyone loves him when the opposite is true except for the occasional Dwight or Andy.
"I am not a crook!"
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Obama: ‘I’m Not Spending a Trillion Dollars’
You lie!
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