Obama Orders Budget Cuts...Of 100 Million Dollars

I thought it was a joke when I read it and it's still funny but in that slightly uncomfortable way because you realize the person telling it thinks you are an idiot.

President Obama plans to convene his Cabinet for the first time today, and he will order its members to identify a combined $100 million in budget cuts over the next 90 days, according to a senior administration official.

Although the budget cuts would amount to a minuscule portion of federal spending, they are intended to signal the president's determination to cut spending and reform government, the official said.

$100 million isn't even a rounding error in the federal budget. It's not even a rounding error in a single agency's budget.

I get the feeling this is going to become the next often repeated mantra from the Obama administration (like the 'tax cut for 95% of Americans", which is no such thing). They will cut like $500,000 from 200 programs and then spend the next year saying "we've cut the budget of hundreds of programs!". Of course the stenographers in the MSM will eat it up. Meanwhile behind the curtain, spending is going up by a trillion or so dollars.

On the upside, I'm thinking this scam (it's not even a token attempt) of budget cutting means the whole Tea Party thing might have gotten them a little worried.

MORE: How much is $100 million? Someone did the math and it's about as much as the daily interest on the so-called "stimulus" bill.

posted by DrewM. at 10:16 AM

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