Show Me the Money
Highlighting what a PR machine the White House has become an economist friend sent me a video that simply yet eloquently demonstrates how the Obama administration places perception over real substance.
The Rahm Emanuel led White House spin machine at the time the President released his Budget Proposal with its $1.6 plus Billion deficit, held the first Cabinet meeting of the Obama administration to tell Americans how fiscally tough and conservative the President is. The White House message of the day was - the President had a Cabinet Meeting. He instructed his Cabinet to collectively find cuts of $100 Million – thus demonstrated that the President was fiscally responsible and making good on his campaign promises to pay as you go, go through the Federal budget line by line, and cut the federal deficit.
Straight Talk commented contemporaneously that instructions to the Cabinet to find budget cuts of $100 million in cuts were so unbelievably small they were a joke.
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Reader Comments (1)
Yes, 100 million is a drop in the bucket, but where were your comments when Bush was running up a 1.3 trillion deficit?
Obama inherited a huge problem.
Many huge problems, from the president you like and think did a good job.
Your protests ring false for this reason.
Obama is your president, he has a brain, and he is trying.
This is your country.
Instead of trying to find a way for your party to gain back power, why not try and offer some solutions?
Your "leaders" have no alternative plan, only attacks.
Why don't you come up with one?
A spending freeze along with tax cuts for the wealthy won't do it.
Sorry if I seem harsh.
I enjoy your blog, but.... I'll stop here.
June