Moderate Democrats Balk at Obama’s Budget Proposal

  There could be a little good news in regards to the $3 trillion budget that the president proposed. It seems as if there is some hesitation with the more moderate Democrats to sign off  on this outrageous budget.

  Twelve Democrats who call themselves the “Mod Squad” held their second meeting with Peter Orzag (the president’s budget director) to discuss their concerns with the out of control spending in the president’s proposal.

I think there’s a common concern about getting spending under control and making sure that there’s a budget that doesn’t have unsustainable requirements in it far into the future,” said Sen Ben Nelson, D-Neb

  This certainly is good news. This budget needs to be severely cut. While this group may not be able or willing to completely stall the budget, any cuts that they are able to make will be at least a small victory of sorts.

   I am still holding out hope, probably foolishly, that this budget will never make it to the president’s desk as it is constituted. I am still hoping that this budget will be seriously pared down. During this time of economic catastrophe, to use the president’s word, it is just plain stupid to spend more money. All across the country people are being forced to cut back. People are not buying what they cannot afford and yet during this same crisis the government, and the president in particular, take the opposite approach. It is foolishness, it is buffoonery.

  Harry Reid has threatened to use reconciliation to pass the budget, this would require a simple majority to pass the bill and thwart any Republican attempt to filibuster the budget proposal. A majority of the  “Mod Squad” Democrats oppose this idea as well and claim that they will vote against the budget if reconciliation is part of the bill.

  The president is heeding Rahm Emanuel’s creed of never letting a good crisis go to waste. After all, as Rahm says, it allows you to do things that otherwise you wouldn’t dream of doing. The president is using this crisis to push his agenda on the American people, from socialized medicine to tax cap and trade economic initiatives and he doesn’t seem to care if he bankrupts the country as long as he achieves his goal of Europeanizing America.

  Thankfully a majority of the Republicans and these twelve Democrats are taking a close hard look at this budget and are not just going to rubber stamp it.

  There is still a glimmer of hope, I can still see that shining city upon the hill. We mustn’t let the light burn out.