"We can no longer afford to spend as if deficits don’t matter and waste is not our problem. We can no longer afford to leave the hard choices for the next budget, the next administration — or the next generation." This, after he spends BILLIONS on bailouts?
On May 9, 11:38 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Budget: Baby Terminator > Posted Thursday, May 7th, 2009, at 3:52 pm > > http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/07/budget-baby-terminator/ > > Today the Administration released more detail for the President’s budget. > The President tried to emphasize his fiscal responsibility by highlighting > some of the programs he proposes to terminate or reduce. Budget Director > Orszag released the *Terminations, Reductions, and Savings > volume*<http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2010/assets/trs.pdf> > . > > This morning the President said, > > But one of the pillars of this foundation is fiscal responsibility. We can > no longer afford to spend as if deficits don’t matter and waste is not our > problem. We can no longer afford to leave the hard choices for the next > budget, the next administration — or the next generation. > > That’s why I’ve charged the Office of Management and Budget, led by Peter > Orszag and Rob Nabors who are standing behind me today, with going through > the budget — program by program, item by item, line by line — looking for > areas where we can save taxpayer dollars. > > Today, the budget office is releasing the first report in this process: a > list of more than 100 programs slated to be reduced or eliminated > altogether. And the process is ongoing. > > Here is a comparison of the budgetary savings from President Obama’s > proposed discretionary program terminations and reductions, compared to > those *proposed by President Bush in his last > budget*<http://www.gpoaccess.gov/USbudget/fy09/pdf/savings.pdf> > : > > ComparisonofDiscretionarySavings.jpg > 128KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
