Democrat Attempts To “Trim” Obama Budget Are Meaningless
Little more than symbolism, really, for certain Democrats who need to appear fiscally responsible even as Obama spends us down to ever-deeper levels of government debt.
Prime example of one of these Democrats would be Senator Kent Conrad, a self-appointed “budget hawk’ and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.
If Congress, in its infinite wisdom, should ever decide to create a federal Department of Smoke and Mirrors, we know just who should be in charge: Either Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. of South Carolina or Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota. ...
Each claims to be outraged about the large deficits envisioned in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget. Each has offered an alternative aimed at saving hundreds of billions of dollars—which sounds impressive until you realize that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the president’s plan would run a $9.3 trillion deficit over the next decade.
Cutting a few hundred billion out of a budget that’s closing in on creating $10 trillion in deficits over the next decade is like bailing out a swimming pool with a 5 gallon bucket.
I don’t think Americans should fall for the symbolism Democrats are trying to cover their asses with.
