[FreeReign]

...how about if we insure there are no more than 3.1% increase in all the entitlement programs, such as Medicaid, welfare, food stamps, disability programs

Aren't these entitlement programs mandated by law? The President alone could not change these.

[katze]

Is Medicaid mandated by law? If so, change it, and of course the president can't do it alone, but we have other lawmakers. These stopgap programs are so far out of control, and it won't stop until the Repubs get tough, and stop worrying about elections.