Not all spending is good spending.

[dkf]

Remember that the king of cronyism was president for 8 freaking years. Think of all the contracts he could have sneaked in for his buddies. I would love if Obama and team culled the budget for this crap and suicide it.

This is an opportunity to stop handing out fun money to the bad guys. We should be celebrating.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Yep, exactomundo. n/t

[Hello_Kitty]

2. I wish they'd go after defense spending.

I was in the military and saw the waste, fraud, and abuse firsthand.

[dionysus]

15. i do to but you know that every time a dem does that, the rethugs and MSM scream

"soft on defense! soft on defense!" and half the country buys it.

[Mojambo]

3. If I was convinced that the people that OWN this government would let that happen, I'd support it.

But they do, and they won't.

[dkf]

4. Wouldn't it be fun to see the repubs filibuster a spending reduction bill though?

I'm looking forward to it.

[kristopher]

5. K&R

[impik]

6. Of course not

The amount of waste in the government is what "appalling", but what would our lives be if we won't get hysterical by every breath this president take?

[Chulanowa]

7. You forget your audience

A great many DU'ers don't care for your "logic" or your "reasoning"

They just see Obama and they go into full fucking hysterical hatred mode.

What the fuck happened in the last two years that DU became a spawning ground for these idiots, anyway? i'm half-tempted to blame the addition of hte unrec feature, but that's rather trite

[Clio the Leo]

13. lol not to mention the fact .....

.... that we Dems spend money. It's what we do. :)

[zbdent]

8. Like a $200 million bridge to nowhere?

Which was canceled ... but Alaska still got the money ...

let's cut off the $$$ funneled to Alaska ...

[ShortnFiery]

9. How about start with cutting-off funding to Xe, formerly known as Blackwater?

:thumbsup:

[stray cat]

10. Some progressives clearly deserve the label of unrestrained spending of tax payer dollars

I want smart spending

[Hello_Kitty]

17. Ooh I just love when puke talking points show up on DU.

Pray tell, give us an example of this unrestrained spending.

[Lorien]

11. Al Gore knew how to slash a budget while preserving critical programs

but since he's a Progressive no one on Obama's team will speak with him.

[Jennicut]

14. Al has been in plenty of contact with Obama, especially regarding the environment.

Gore wants to be on the outside of govt. as he thinks he is more powerful and persuasive that way. He succeeded in getting us all to talk about climate change so I don't think that is a bad idea.
Gore was who I wanted to run for President but he chose not to. He did this a long time ago...Reinventing Government. Obama seems to want to do the same thing. The only thing with ReGo is that not all the things Gore recommended got done. And Bush became President.

[greenbird]

12. K&R

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. Yes, but let's be precise....

Bush was only the Prince of Cronyism.

Cheney was the King...

[TheKentuckian]

18. I'm fine with that but still feel those funds shoulf be repurposed at this time

into more effective stimulus and relief.

Every shred of resources need to be pumped into this listless economy. In fact there is so little private sector demand that even "bad" spending is better than not spending.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

19. Correct