The White House has announced its budget cuts. I can’t tell if it’s simply bad reporting, but every cut mentioned in the Washington Post’s story (and NPR’s story is similar) is very small: $400 million (that’s the big one), $142 million, $66 million, $35 million, $1 million, and $632 thousand (!).
Then there’s this:
The proposed cuts, if adopted by Congress, would not actually reduce government spending. Obama’s budget would increase overall spending; any savings from the program terminations and reductions would be shifted to the president’s priorities.
But the more likely outcome, budget analysts said, is that few to none of the programs targeted by Obama will be terminated. Presidents from both parties have routinely rolled out long lists of spending cuts — and lawmakers from both parties routinely ignore them.
Sheesh. Come back when you’re serious.
(Via Instapundit.) (Previous post.)
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