Archangel
2009-02-25 20:21:36 UTC
OBAMA: "In this budget, we will end education programs that don't work
and end direct payments to large agribusinesses that don't need them.
We'll eliminate the no-bid contracts that have wasted billions in Iraq,
and reform our defense budget so that we're not paying for Cold War-era
weapons systems we don't use. We will root out the waste, fraud and
abuse in our Medicare program that doesn't make our seniors any
healthier, and we will restore a sense of fairness and balance to our
tax code by finally ending the tax breaks for corporations that ship our
jobs overseas."
THE FACTS: First, his budget does not accomplish any of that. It only
proposes those steps. That's all a president can do, because control
over spending rests with Congress. Obama's proposals here are a wish
list and some items, including corporate tax increases and cuts in
agricultural aid, will be a tough sale in Congress.
Second, waste, fraud and abuse are routinely targeted by presidents who
later find that the savings realized seldom amount to significant sums.
Programs that a president might consider wasteful have staunch defenders
in Congress who have fought off similar efforts in the past.
Lies you can believe in.
Archangel.
and end direct payments to large agribusinesses that don't need them.
We'll eliminate the no-bid contracts that have wasted billions in Iraq,
and reform our defense budget so that we're not paying for Cold War-era
weapons systems we don't use. We will root out the waste, fraud and
abuse in our Medicare program that doesn't make our seniors any
healthier, and we will restore a sense of fairness and balance to our
tax code by finally ending the tax breaks for corporations that ship our
jobs overseas."
THE FACTS: First, his budget does not accomplish any of that. It only
proposes those steps. That's all a president can do, because control
over spending rests with Congress. Obama's proposals here are a wish
list and some items, including corporate tax increases and cuts in
agricultural aid, will be a tough sale in Congress.
Second, waste, fraud and abuse are routinely targeted by presidents who
later find that the savings realized seldom amount to significant sums.
Programs that a president might consider wasteful have staunch defenders
in Congress who have fought off similar efforts in the past.
Lies you can believe in.
Archangel.