Posts Tagged ‘cut’

Obama’s rousing economy speech

April 19th, 2011 | No Comments

A few days ago President Obama delivered his vision of the 2012 budget.  It was less than well received: The Republicans, as expected, weren’t too pleased with it either. Here it is if you want to watch it before discussing any further: Now, the main gripe was, as per the norm with Obama, it had [...]

Obama’s domestic non-security spending freeze

January 27th, 2010 | No Comments

In his budget for Fiscal Year 2011, to be presented on Monday, February 1, President Obama will propose a three-year hard freeze on non-security discretionary spending, to last from 2011 through 2013. This will save $250 billion over the next decade, senior administration officials told reporters. (The debt during that same period is projected to [...]