Why Don’t Conservatives Support Obama’s “Spending Freeze”?
Because it is a charade, full of loopholes. Krauthammer explains here.
Michelle Malkin also explains:
Some conservative Beltway analysts are cheering Obama’s fiscal freeze follies as a step in the right direction, a rhetorical victory, and a “good start.” Pardon me for not joining in the standing ovation for the latest performance of White House Kabuki theater. Praising the president for carrying on the charade of budget reform because a few piddly cuts are real is like complimenting the Naked Emperor’s fingernails: So, he didn’t have any clothes. At least his cuticles were real. It’s a start!
Moreover, who believes this freeze will last for the entire, cynically-timed three-year period that the White House announced less than 72 hours ago? McDonald’s French Fries have a longer shelf life than Obama’s pledges of fiscal accountability. All it’ll take is one more bad jobs report, one Chicken Little Congress-induced panic, to drop the budget restrictions faster than reality dad Jon Gosselin’s ex-girlfriends.
Republicans should be careful. Make it clear we do want to cut spending, but much more expansively. To say we are cutting spending except for another stimulus spending package, a loophole for healthcare, green jobs, federal aide, and most socialist programs leaves us cutting a drop from an ocean. That’s not enough when people are drowning.
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Posted by Jay on January 27, 2010 4:18 pm
» Filed Under Barack Obama, Conservatives, Democrats, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, News, Socialism, Taxes, Video, economic stimulus
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This is classic left wing strategy. Get everyone arguing about some minutia of the overall plan while underhandedly doing something else. He didn’t freeze spending, he froze the high end dollar figures for his pet government stuff. He raised the bar and changed the premise of the argument in one fell swoop.