Obama Orders $100 Million in Spending Cuts Totaling .007% of the Deficit
Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell
Last week there were several hundred tea parties all across the nation and in all 57 50 states. These tea parties were more about government spending than they were about taxes, but the issue go hand in hand. While the media tried to laugh off the tea parties and also tried to downplay them, the reality is that there is growing concern in the nation about government spending.
When asked about the tea parties last week Robert Gibbs said that the president found these tea parties amusing. It isn’t surprising that this president would take such a condescending position on this issue, it is standard operating procedure.
But the president must realize that these tea parties were not just a passing fad, he must realize that there is genuine dissent in the nation about government spending.
So while his press secretary claims that the president is amused, the president himself became pro-active in the fight against government waste and in a public relations move ordered a $100 million reduction in wasteful government spending.
All that this is is a public relations move– an effort to show the protesters that their voice was heard and that he cares. While that sounds like allot of money and I am happy that he will cut spending by $100 million it is not nearly enough. It is just a start.
After all, what is a measly $100 million when he has increased the deficit by trillions of dollars? To be exact the cuts that he has demanded are only .007% of the 2010 deficit that he has spent us into. A mere pittance.
This is nothing but a feel good measure designed to keep the tea party protesters at bay; a gesture to give us the impression that he gives a damn about fiscal responsibility; a bone being thrown to the dogs who dared protest the dear leader’s spending policies.
Did he really think that this is all it would take to bring people who are disgruntled with the trillions of dollars being spent by Washington back into the fold? Did he think that Americans would not see through this ruse? Did he really think that cutting .007% out of the trillions he has spent would make everything okay?
If so he was wrong. This is just plain insulting, a pander if ever there was one.
America's Watchtower 
“Only in Washington is 100 million not a lot of money”. Robert Gibbs is a ..well, I don’t want to be mean. I think he may be replaced at some point in the not so distant future. How far does this bullcrap have to go before people wake up? Hopefully, there will be more events like the tea parties maybe around May 29? You know, when we stop paying the gubment, and start paying ourselves?
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It is funny how $100 million is just a drop in the bucket to the government. Funny isn’t the right word, but you know what I mean. They are spending do much money that they use $1 million bills to wipe their……
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LOL….
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That stupid, arrogant a–hole thinks he can appease us with $100 million?? That dollar amount wouldn’t pay off even one hours worth of our national debt!! I want them to shave, no, AXE that amount WITH 4 ZEROS off of their proposed budget. That’s right, cut ONE TRILLION DOLLARS off that exorbitant piece of crap you call a budget NObama!! Deb, we’ll be paying taxes way beyond May 29, maybe not this year, but soon–FOR SURE!
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I heard on the radio that the government is spending $100 million every thirteen minutes, so that puts this “spending cut” in perspective.
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