Mississippi Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor blasted the budget outline President Obama submitted to Capitol Hill today, saying “I don’t like it…change is not running up even bigger deficits that George Bush did.” Taylor did not vote for Obama's Stimulus Bill either.
Obama announced on Monday that he would soon ask Congress to return to a pay-as-you-go. Note this is after we spend billions with no cap. That announcement is like eating two helpings of strawberry short-cake and announcing you are immediately going on a diet.
With this kind of spending by Democrats, and Obama's promise to cut the deficit in half, how does the math add up without taxing the devil out of every citizen?
Donald Lambro at Townhall referred to the Blue Dogs who voted for the Stimulus Bill as "tooth-less". Lambro wrote: "The House's Blue Dog Democrats like to pretend they are the deficit tigers of Congress, determined to stop runaway spending and stamp out waste and fraud."
The handful of the House's Blue Dog Democrats who switched their votes from "no" to "yes" on the huge economic stimulus are working overtime this week in their conservative-leaning districts to explain the change of heart.
Look for these Democrats to try and draw political attention away from their spending by boasting about cutting the deficit in half and pay-as-you-go...the straw-berry shortcake diet.
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