There, now that Federal Spending won't have such a bad smell.
Posted on 03/04/2009 6:02:15 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday promised to save American taxpayers 40 billion dollars a year by slashing waste in government contracting, with a special eye on bloated spending on defense.
"I reject the false choice between securing this nation and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars," Obama said on a day when he signed a presidential memorandum reforming the contracting system across the entire government.
"In this time of great challenges, I recognize the real choice between investments that are designed to keep the American people safe and those that are designed to make a defense contractor rich," Obama said.
The president's promise to clean up contracting was in line with his pledge to cut the soaring federal budget deficit in half by the end of his mandate in 2013.
As Obama spoke, he was flanked by his former Republican rival for the presidency, Senator John McCain, who is a hawkish opponent of wasteful spending in the Pentagon, and scours legislation for lawmaker's pet projects.
Obama honed in on runaway Pentagon spending, vowing that "the days of giving defense contractors a blank check are over," and highlighted work by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to overhaul military procurement at the Pentagon.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
The shearing was last month, yet we are still being herded forward. Hmmmm, I wonder whats in the next building?
Inquiring minds want to know:
Is it racist to axe if BO is plans to axe murtha’s opinion?
On the other hand, yesterday a “workshop provided information on construction work that is expected over the next few years on the bases in Eastern Carolina”.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/40753912.html
That’s the strategy: Spend so much that even a moron can tell the budget needs to be cut. Then we can’t afford two wars or other things libs hate. Pretty ingenious in a way.
by slashing waste in government contracting, with a special eye on bloated spending on defense
The absurdity...when they are done....I’ll be lucky to have a job...
His memo is directed to all federal agencies. But his target is DOD.
exactly.
There, now that Federal Spending won't have such a bad smell.
Don’t forget $150 million to study pig odor.
This is laughable. He recently signed an executive order limiting contract awards on federal construction projects to union companies. That'll eliminate waste and save a lot of taxpayer money. < /sarcasm>
This reminds me. I need to order more Kool Aid.
Hitler donates millions to United Jewish Appeal.
$2 trillion dollar yearly budget deficit minus $40 billion! Whoooo-boy!!!
Um, I hate to be dense, but is this satire?
This crap makes me long for the Clinton years.
INCOMPETENT BOOB!
Embarrassing is right!
Actually, it is not satire. It is an article written by an obvious Obama worshiper. Promising to cut a paltry 1% from a $4 TRILLION budget is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with a teaspoon and a bucket of dirt.
From ravingnutter:
There is no such thing as a DoD no-bid contract over the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) of $25,000. By law, all proposed acquisitions that exceed the threshold are to be published on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website for public review, comment and bidding opportunity.
There are sole source contracts, which were originally published for competitive bid as required by law and the subsequent market research proved there is no other qualified supplier for that particular item or service. There are follow on contracts for production, sometimes also classified as sole source, for items that were originally prototyped under RDT&E by a particular company under a competitive bid contract.
Bottom line...ALL contracts in excess of the SAT were originally awarded under a competitive bidding process. What comes of that process determines how that contract is handled in the future.
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Thanks again ravingnutter!
Whoever wrote that headline should go to prison.
Everytime I hear HolyO say he ‘inherited this mess from the previous administration’, my blood pressure boils over!!! >:-(
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