An Easy Decision

Posted by Red Kingman on

             

I wonder just how easy it was for President Barack Hussein Obama to decide to cut several billion dollars from the government’s energy assistance fund for poor people, officials briefed on the subject told National Journal.

It’s the biggest domestic spending cut disclosed so far, and one that will likely generate the most heat from the president’s traditional political allies. Such complaints might satisfy the White House, which has a vested interest in convincing Americans that it is serious about budget discipline, except when it comes to bailing out the big banks and their owners with OUR money!  

And why does administration after administration keep appointing former heads of the the largest bakns as Treasury Secretary, Chief Of Staff, And other key administration posts.  Posts that DO NOT need congressional approval, and which ultimately means without OUR approval!

I love how ever since the elections last November so many Democrats openly oppose him on this.  One White House friend, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said earlier today that a Republican proposal to cut home heating oil counted as an “extreme idea” that would “set the country backwards.” Schumer has not yet reacted to Obama’s proposed cut.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., declared: “The President’s reported proposal to drastically slash LIHEAP funds by more than half would have a severe impact on many of New Hampshire’s most vulnerable citizens and I strongly oppose it.” A spokesman for Rep.Edward Markey, D-Mass., declared similarly: “If these cuts are real, it would be a very disappointing development for millions of families still struggling through a harsh winter.”

In a letter to Obama, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., wrote, “We simply cannot afford to cut LIHEAP funding during one of the most brutal winters in history. Families across Massachusetts, and the country, depend on these monies to heat their homes and survive the season.”

Is it looking more and more like it's going to be a one-term presidency?

 

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