Freeze means only the usual 5% annual increase but no more beyond that and this time I mean it.
Yes, spending levels are too high, and people are rightfully demanding serious cuts. The cuts are the correct solution. The fact that Obama is not promising cuts is a clear indication that he doesn't "get it".
But the really essential thing is that Obama is not honestly calling for even a true freeze (as bad as that would be). He's going to call it a freeze, and then he's going to increase spending. He is shameless.
Agreed. Obama is probably using the “baseline spending” ruse which has built in annual increases. Also, according to the article he is allegedly “freezing” only “non-security, discretionary” spending. That excludes so called “emergency” spending which is just about everything in the budget. He’s also probably excluding his “investments” which, of course, are not spending at all.