Obama gets the rhetoric right
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:17 am by David FarrarToo early to know if he will follow the rhetoric up with substance, but it is pleasing to see this language from Obama:
Mr Obama said he welcomed all suggestions on cutting spending.
“It’s time to hold Washington to the same standards families and businesses hold themselves,” he said.
“It’s time to save what we can, spend what we must, and live within our means once again.”
He added that spending could not continue “as if the hard-earned tax dollars of the American people can be treated like Monopoly money”.
This is in great contrast to NZ Labour which seems to think borrowing $240 million a week is not enough, and constantly calls for more spending.
It would be great to hear Phil Goff or David Cunliffe talk about protecting the hard-earned tax dollars of New Zealanders.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 am
a good start. he needs to grow a set and get pelosi under control.
if he does follow through… we have once again seen socialism fail. this time it only took 12 months.
still, it will take years to undo the damage inflicted.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 11:36 am
Good grief David!
When put into the context of Obaba’s own spending binge of the past twelve months, your ‘pleasing rhetoric’ is seen for what it is. Lies whose sole purpose is to boost his flagging popularity by appealing to the vast unwashed masses who don’t yet realise that THEY will be paying for Obama’s one year of profligacy for the next twenty years – and they will have absolutely nothing to show for it. Today’s Rasmussen poll appears to show his strategy has worked
Obama’s assurances on spending have as much reliability as did Hitler’s assurances on the Sudetenland.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 11:43 am
“Too early to know if he will follow the rhetoric up with substance,” bollocks we already know. This guy is nothing but retoric. Jsesus he used a teleprompter at a kids school address.
America is being run a reverse reflected text generation system.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 11:49 am
Under the Republicans the administration ran an average deficit of $105 billion, since the Dems took over in 2006 the deficit has soared into nearly the trillions. Obama has frozen just 17% of his costs.. which simply means he’s going to spend stupidly on the other 80%.
His short history is to do the Goebbels.. tell big lies and blame the fallout on someone else. He’s lying now about fiscal responsibility and hoping the economy and jobs come in quick enough to cover the fallout.
JC
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 11:50 am
Yeah but the bugger cuts the moon landing programme – the one thing that amounts to an advance for humanity. Blows the budget on pork and then sells out on the important stuff. Shameful.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 am
It would be great to hear Phil Goff or David Cunliffe talk about protecting the hard-earned tax dollars of New Zealanders.
Bloody hell DPF, I’d like John Key to do MORE than talk about it! All they seem to be doing is looking at how to tax the country more.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 am
Yeah but the bugger cuts the moon landing programme – the one thing that amounts to an advance for humanity.
Ha!
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Too early to know if he will follow the rhetoric up with substance
Also far too early to know whether the Congressional Republicans are going to walk the talk about “fiscal conservatism” (their record while last in power is non-existent), or they’re rather further expose their own hypocrisy than give Obama an inch.
His short history is to do the Goebbels.. tell big lies and blame the fallout on someone else.
Of course, JC. Everything was peaches and cream with a garnish of fairy dust sprinkles until January 20, 2009. Just because the GOP is permanently stuck in denial mode, doesn’t mean we have to.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 12:45 pm
The freeze on non-Defence discretionary spending applies to just 1/8th of the total spend. The other 7/8ths get huge boosts. So it seems to be a case of “spend a billion, but look (aren’t I virtuous) save a million”. Of course special interests and congressmen/women on both sides will mobilise huge campaigns to save those few programmes (read boondoggles) Obama wants to trim – with the result that the real cuts will probably be even more token.
Sigh….
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 1:14 pm
s.russell
It’s more like spend a trillion and save a billion nowadays.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 1:23 pm
After announcing the biggest budget deficit ever in the history of mankind, Obama’s talk of fiscal restraint is just that all talk. I think his grandstanding is an insult to the US public and to some degree the rest of the world.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 1:28 pm
“It would be great to hear Phil Goff or David Cunliffe talk about protecting the hard-earned tax dollars of New Zealanders.”
The thing about Labour is they do say this when in government, but do the exact opposite – spend, spend, spend.
Vote:In opposition they know they can be totally reckless by preachnfg what they actually do.
Trouble is the voters of NZ are too often too happy to buy into a good bribe. And that also goes for the ones National has oferd in the past, although they tend to be fewer.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:38 pm
The fiscal year 2011 budget includes new jobs-creation programs and additional funding for the wars (Iraq, Afghanistan), but is projected to add nearly $1.3 trillion in deficit spending on top of the current year’s projected $1.6 trillion deficit.
DPF, do you call that “getting the rethoric right”?
Is April 1 already?
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
“It would be great to hear Phil Goff or David Cunliffe talk about protecting the hard-earned tax dollars of New Zealanders.”
Last time I checked David, John Key was running the government’s cheque books and credit cards: not Phil Goff or David Cunliffe.
You might want to highlight some substance before you allow foolish partisan-styled politics to come into play here, I don’t see much “savings” from our current administration.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Too right Fale. Its his blog therefore his call, but KB was a lot better before it turned into a flip mirror image of The Standard. I’ll retract this comment when I see actual criticism of the current outgoings under National.
Vote:February 2nd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Please, this rhetoric from the president of a country whose dollar is now worth 4cents compared to when the Fed was first established!
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