Fill in the blank: Obama proposing spending freeze is like…
The ballyhooed budget spending freeze that will be a feature of the State of the Union address tomorrow doesn’t cover behemoth entitlement programs.
It doesn’t cover a second stimulus.
It is limited to an electorally-timed three-year period.
The White House is already promising that favored left-wing programs in education and the environment would get a pass. The “estimated $250 billion in savings over 10 years would be less than 3 percent of the roughly $9 trillion in additional deficits the government is expected to accumulate over that time.”
And President Obama was against such a spending freeze before he was for it:
Says Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R., Ohio): “Given Washington Democrats’ unprecedented spending binge, this is like announcing you’re going on a diet after winning a pie-eating contest.”
Give me your best analogy.
Fill in the blank: Spender-in-chief Obama proposing a spending freeze is like…
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My favorite so far comes from Helen MacDermott via Twitter: “Obama proposing spending freeze is like Heidi Montag telling Joan Rivers to lay off cosmetic surgery.”
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Related news from the CBO this morning:
The latest congressional budget estimates due Tuesday predict a $1.35 trillion deficit for this year, a top Capitol Hill aide says.
The Congressional Budget Office figures confirm the massive problem facing President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies just days before his Feb. 1 budget submission. The White House says Obama will propose a three-year freeze on domestic agency budgets, though the savings would barely make a dent.
The deficit would slide to $480 billion by 2015, CBO says, but only if tax cuts on income, investments and large estates are allowed to expire at the end of this year. Most budget experts see deficits as far higher once tax cuts and other policies are factored in.
The 2010 deficit figure is in line with previous estimates and would be a slight decline from last year’s $1.4 trillion shortfall. But plans afoot on Capitol Hill for a new jobs bill and a coming Obama request for war funds would add to the total.
The figures arrived just hours before the Senate is likely to reject a White House-backed plan to establish a bipartisan task force to recommend steps to curb the deficit.
The figures bring continued bad news on the deficit, keeping the pressure on Obama and congressional Democrats to demonstrate they’re serious about taking on the flood of red ink.
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Direct from the CBO Director’s blog:
CBO projects, that if current laws and policies remained unchanged, the federal budget would show a deficit of $1.3 trillion for fiscal year 2010. At 9.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), that deficit would be slightly smaller than the shortfall of 9.9 percent of GDP ($1.4 trillion) posted in 2009. Last year’s deficit was the largest as a share of GDP since the end of World War II, and the deficit expected for 2010 would be the second largest. Moreover, if legislation is enacted in the next several months that either boosts spending or reduces revenues, the 2010 deficit could equal or exceed last year’s shortfall…
…Under current law, the federal fiscal outlook beyond this year is daunting: Projected deficits average about $600 billion per year over the 2011–2020 period. As a share of GDP, deficits drop markedly in the next few years but remain high—at 6.5 percent of GDP in 2011 and 4.1 percent in 2012, the first full fiscal year after certain tax provisions originally enacted in 2001, 2003, and 2009 are scheduled to expire. Thereafter, deficits are projected to range between 2.6 percent and 3.2 percent of GDP through 2020.
Those accumulating deficits will push federal debt held by the public to significantly higher levels. At the end of 2009, debt held by the public was $5.8 trillion, or 53 percent of GDP; by the end of 2020, debt is projected to climb to $15 trillion, or 67 percent of GDP. With such a large increase in debt, plus an expected increase in interest rates as the economic recovery strengthens, interest payments on the debt are poised to skyrocket. CBO projects that the government’s annual spending on net interest will more than triple between 2010 and 2020 in nominal terms (from $207 billion to $723 billion) and will more than double as a share of GDP (from 1.4 percent to 3.2 percent).
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Its like John Edwards pushing for tort reform.
Good.
As the saying goes, when your enemy is in the process of destroying himself, do not interfere.
that was funny
Is like Kramer knocking first.
Is like NBC knowing how to schedule Late Night TV.
On January 26th, 2010 at 1:09 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
Is like Kramer knocking first.
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Or Elaine winning a dance contest!
Is like Andy Dick not being one.
It’s like Bill Clinton becoming a born-again virgin.
Or Ted Kennedy being a spokesperson for MADD
…like Steven Seagal not being awesome
On January 26th, 2010 at 1:23 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
Is like Andy Dick not being one.
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Or not being obsessed with his own! Talk about a raging, can’t leave men OR women alone, would-be rapist NYMPHO!
There’s my rant for today.
Thank you very much.
Uh Oh! Now you’ve done it! (reaches for ‘The Truth About Chuck Norris’ book)
Granite,
I think Obama get’s it. The rest of them think they can salvage something What? The Spending Freeze is just more PRETENSE.
is like the scorpion asking the frog for a ride across the river.
Is like Chuck Schumer proposing to ban tv interviews of politicians.
LOL John Deaux
…is like ordering a double bacon cheeseburger, large fries, and a large diet Coke because you are watching your weight.
Like Tiger Woods teaching an abstinence program.
On January 26th, 2010 at 1:48 pm, spudmomof6 said:
…is like ordering a double bacon cheeseburger, large fries, and a large diet Coke because you are watching your weight.
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Oh, come on – didn’t anyone ever tell you they cancel each other out!
Barney Fwank speaking clearly (without impediment) about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s damage to the economy. Hell would freeze over.
Sure, as long as you spend the rest of the day toting 50 lb. loads uphill!
CNN was on in the restaurant I was having lunch in.
They’re pretending its real. All the worshipping MSM will carry it like he is serious abot deficits.
…like me leaving the house without eyeliner, lipstick & heels.
Only a force greater than nature could stop that!
On January 26th, 2010 at 1:53 pm, spudmomof6 said:
Sure, as long as you spend the rest of the day toting 50 lb. loads uphill!
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Our out in the field, pickin’ cotton. From what my Mom tells me (she grew up in the MO Bootheel, Bragadocia) that’s a good way to burn a few calories, too!
No cheeseburgers or fries for them back then, though.
…like eating candy and McDonald’s to lose weight.
…a nun supporting polygamy as a way to “find” God.
…like me leaving the house without my GPS, cell phone, or Serius (it happens when you have no sense of direction or want to be prepared for “anything”).
This is fun. Michelle needs a top ten analogy countdown with prizes for the best 3!!!
like, your dentist saying “this isn’t going to hurt a bit.”
Didn’t have time to read all 200+ responses, so forgive me if this has already been done.
…It’s like having unprotected intercourse with a prostitute you know to be HIV positive, and then putting on a condom before you pull up your pants.
…Nancy Pelosi refusing Botox.
harbormaster – I think it’s safe to say, you’re the only one that thought of that one…
Fill in the blank: Spender-in-chief Obama proposing a spending freeze is like…Bubble Boy’s parents swearing off publicty.
It may have been a little too graphic, but accurate in a metaphoric kind of way, dontcha think?
Andy Stren becomes a scout master and tells the SEIU ranks to support the Tea Party movement!
mmmkay
“Obama proposing a spending freeze is like telling my dog not to bark at the postman!”
Well, it’s kinda like using a scalpel when you need a hatchet.
Obama handling the economy is like Homer Simpson building a barbecue pit.
Its like Nancy Pelosi trying to outlaw botox injections.
CO2 Producer said:
I am laughing my a– off — I trust Homer one hell of a lot more thaan the empty suit.
Spender-in-chief Obama proposing a spending freeze is like…
Obama not using a teleprompter while giving a speech.
Spender-in-chief Obama proposing a spending freeze is like…
re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic…..
Well, I guess if this administration can’t get anything done, it can pretend to get something done. Just what we need today, a pretend presidency.
Obama proposing a spending freeze, it’s like Iran being the first country to arrive in Haiti with ships and planes full of relief supplies and agreeing to adopt all of the Haitian orphans.
…Is like Oliver Stone respecting America.
On January 26th, 2010 at 1:59 pm, spaceycakes said:
…like me leaving the house without eyeliner, lipstick & heels.
…is like trying to cut a silent fart on a hard church pew.
Its like saying union card checks are encouraging freedom of choice.
…is like Jack Bauer leading an anti-violence rally.
Sort of …
In order to be accurate, you would have had to already have received the next 450 years worth of pies.
Can’t let them go to waste now, can we?
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
…is like Michael Moore making a truthful documentary.
… being told “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
… Mayan Mathematics having an actual modern use.
That should be on a T-shirt.
Spender-in-chief Obama proposing a spending freeze is like… the little Dutch boy plugging the leaking dike with his finger (the story is actually called the “Hero of Haarlem”). I have to wonder which finger Obama is using…
Or, it is like Chloe, on the show ’24,’ using Fortran to program whatever Jack needs when he tells her to “hurry up.”
…like using Avatar as a Military recruiting film.
I don’t know what’s funnier; traveler49′s submission or Rogue’s suggestion…
thanks guys–now I’m crying w/laughter.
(I cry because it’s true)
If obama’s involved, you just know it’ll be loud and messy.
…like Gore deciding to walk wherever he goes.
and since we don’t want the deaf to be left out, it’ll really stink!
*…is like Michelle Obama announcing that Rev. Wright taught her to love the United States of America and all that it stands for!
*…is like calling a suicide hot line, finding out the call center is in Pakistan, and the first question they ask is, “can you drive a truck?”!
*pretending skunks can stop stinking.
Most liberals aren’t evil but the liberalism that infects them, is.
*or, that Zombies aren’t undead, they just want to be.
Is like Barry Soetoro saying he is a US Citizen.
BTW-Do we know when he legally changed his name?
LOL, the difference and the similarity there with “Obama proposing spending freeze is like…”
Is that the silent fart on a hard church pew is possible, but the result is just as stinky and neither will achieve anything other than disgust and finger pointing.
…like Joan Rivers swearing off plastic surgery.
OK, I see the Joan Rovers comment has already been made, substitute Heidi Montag.
The reverberations will be felt far and wide. Or at least to the end of the pew.
…is like OJ finding the REAL killer.
…is like Ninny Pelosi claiming to be smart AND bipartisan.
…is like a Democrat not blaming Bush.
…is like Jimmy Carter supporting Israel.
…is like the ACLU advocating for Christianity.
heh – like a crack addict swearing he’ll give it up in favor of aspirin.
…like Ted Kennedy doing an ad against drunk driving.
..is like Algore saying, “maybe i was wrong about global warming.”
Sorry if someone already said this!
…is like Oprah supporting a young woman’s goal of abstinence.
…poking Oprah and not expecting to get gravy.
…Gore declaring global warming a hoax and he’s sorry for bringing it up.
There…I win.
Obama proposing a spending freeze is like offering a hemophiliac a Band-aid.
….is like Obama giving a coherent speech in front of fifth grades without redundant teleprompters.
…Is like there not being any redundant posts regarding Obama’s spending freeze.
His approach to the budget is like this: Honey, I know I’ve been unfaithful our first year together, but this year I’m going to have no less than three fewer affairs. That’s how much I love you.
Stimulus = Obama Bling
krazybee #274–see my #178
Traveler 49–The definition of a surprise is “a fart with a lump in it”–that’s what we get from Obama.
Like Hillary talking about “smart power”, then giving the Russians a big red button.
Bailing out the Titanic with a thimble.
Its like fixing your fence after your Jersey bull got into your neighbors purebred Angus heard.