Comments for Is Obama Suddenly a Fiscal Conservative? at http://www.jbs.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.jbs.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:54:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.jbs.org/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/5897-is-obama-suddenly-a-fiscal-conservative#comment-3921 The John Birch Society staff caughtthis ploy when they state: " In truth, such a freeze as the one proposed is little more than symbolic, a public relations ploy to insulate the President from criticism. The fact is that federal spending is a Congressional matter," The president can propose cuts and even make budget recommendations but Congress has the ultimate say so. Until we send fiscal conservatives to the House and Senate, but especically the House, the JBS staff writers sum it correctly: "as long as Congress is packed with big spending politicians the bloating of the federal government will continue." I caught Ron Paul on Larry King Live and he said the budget can be cut by bringing the troops home immediately. Robert Riech who was the other Larry King Live guest spit and sputtered like a war hawk Neo Con. - Lee Gonzales Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:03:31 +0100 http://www.jbs.org/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/5897-is-obama-suddenly-a-fiscal-conservative#comment-3920 Making me laugh for sure! He puts in a spending freeze AFTER he increased spending levels for multiple programs that fall under "discretionary". I guess now with the freeze, there won't be a need to decrease the previous increase in program spending!! Absolutely hypocritical! Well anyway, the latest out of Britain is that the British gov't has a plan to end sovereignty here in the U.S. just like all the other countries in Europe so they can advance their empire!!! Pretty sure we have some sellouts in our own gov't to help accomplish that :) Let your elected officials know about it and give them your opinion. - Dwight lane Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:27:24 +0100 http://www.jbs.org/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/5897-is-obama-suddenly-a-fiscal-conservative#comment-3919 A 447 billion "fiscal conservative." Wow. Sounds like a Republican. - Pat Henry Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:46:35 +0100 http://www.jbs.org/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/5897-is-obama-suddenly-a-fiscal-conservative#comment-3916 I heard the "savings" could amount to $250 billion over the next 10 years. Big deal! The last "stimulus" was three times that and took considerably less than one year. Obamacare is projected at $1 trillion (four times as much) over the next 10 years (and that projection is probably off by a factor of four). How about making some REAL cuts? Abandon any more stimulus programs, bank bailouts, auto manufacturer bailouts, international handouts, homeland security, Iraqi defense, Afghani defense, and a long list of unconstitutional entitlements. I wanted to say "Penny wise and pound foolish", but big government doesn't even do too well in the "penny wise" department. - rprew Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:29:13 +0100