Apparently President Obama and his advisers must be reading Common Sense and Circumstance:-) His new budget proposes some of the things I've talked about here. Freezing spending at current levels for 5 years, ferreting out waste in government bureaucracies, investment in infrastructure and research.
Yeah, I know, they've ignored all the politically hard things. That's no surprise but at least they've finally heard the screaming of "we the people" and are, at the least, paying lip service to deficit reduction. Unfortunately that's about all it is. Lip service. The total $ amount of the reductions proposed over the next 10 years is less than the projected deficit for this year alone. What kind of solution is that, Mr. President??? Maybe the new Tea Party people in Congress will succeed in getting some of the more difficult elements implemented now. Somehow I doubt though that any of the really difficult changes will be made until after the 2012 election. There are still way too many career politicians in office.
Have a GREAT day,
Dumb Farmer
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