ALG's Daily Grind - The Sorry State of Obama's Union

Feb. 12, 2013

The Sorry State of Obama's Union

Joblessness, Welfare, Debt – And Tax Hikes 

A typical Washington illusion

Washington Post: $37 billion of "cuts" to government spending failed to actually cut much of anything. In fact, many of the programs and projects — at least $17 billion — that were nixed were not real to begin with.

It's a mad world: Obama declares cutting budget equals destroying economy

Because government spending is baked into the books on how the Gross Domestic Product is arrived at, any real cuts in government spending are, in Obama's book, a threat to our economy.