yes he has, and stated so in the debates, he stated he would cut government enough by looking at the budget line item by line item, and either cutting the bad programs or making them run more efficiently, and yes he wants to add a lot, but he specifically said that the end result, even after adding his healthcare, energy, and education plans, will be a smaller government that we have know. Bush has increased it so much, they is plenty to cut. That has been his stated approach.
I understand people don't believe him, that's fine, but it is his stated policy approach.
You just completely contradicted yourself. You say he wants to restrict the size of government but then go on to his plans for healthcare, educations, etc… By getting government involved in healthcare he is expanding government not restricting it. By continuing federal government intervention in education is is expanding government not restricting it. He even stated that he wants to increase foreign aid how is that restricting government. Obama is not for less government.
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I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority, but I don't see a bigger government as a bad thing....the Federal Government is the largest employer in the United States....
cutting the size of the government would cause job losses and hurt the overall economy...
You just completely contradicted yourself. You say he wants to restrict the size of government but then go on to his plans for healthcare, educations, etc… By getting government involved in healthcare he is expanding government not restricting it. By continuing federal government intervention in education is is expanding government not restricting it. He even stated that he wants to increase foreign aid how is that restricting government. Obama is not for less government.
let's say I did a bad job at being specific, I'm talking financial size, and yes I understand what you are saying about government size in regards to it's involvement in our lives. Each important aspects, so it depends what each of us is comfortable with.
government seems to be doing ok providing a healthcare program for our elected representatives.
as for healthcare, I don't want socialized healthcare, doctors making the same low wages as teachers, but I think we care subliment costs, and handcuff HMO's unethical policies that being a for profit business creates.
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yes he has, and stated so in the debates, he stated he would cut government enough by looking at the budget line item by line item, and either cutting the bad programs or making them run more efficiently, and yes he wants to add a lot, but he specifically said that the end result, even after adding his healthcare, energy, and education plans, will be a smaller government that we have know. Bush has increased it so much, they is plenty to cut. That has been his stated approach.
I understand people don't believe him, that's fine, but it is his stated policy approach.
The "going through the budget line by line" is a tired old axiom that goes all the way back to Michael Dukakis in 1988. It's meaningless bullshit political rhetoric. Do you have any idea how long the federal budget is? It would probably take Obama 4 years just to read the thing.
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You just completely contradicted yourself. You say he wants to restrict the size of government but then go on to his plans for healthcare, educations, etc… By getting government involved in healthcare he is expanding government not restricting it. By continuing federal government intervention in education is is expanding government not restricting it. He even stated that he wants to increase foreign aid how is that restricting government. Obama is not for less government.
cutting the size of the government would cause job losses and hurt the overall economy...
and I think the bottom will be 6900...
let's say I did a bad job at being specific, I'm talking financial size, and yes I understand what you are saying about government size in regards to it's involvement in our lives. Each important aspects, so it depends what each of us is comfortable with.
government seems to be doing ok providing a healthcare program for our elected representatives.
as for healthcare, I don't want socialized healthcare, doctors making the same low wages as teachers, but I think we care subliment costs, and handcuff HMO's unethical policies that being a for profit business creates.
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The "going through the budget line by line" is a tired old axiom that goes all the way back to Michael Dukakis in 1988. It's meaningless bullshit political rhetoric. Do you have any idea how long the federal budget is? It would probably take Obama 4 years just to read the thing.
6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul