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For the past year, Republicans have been criticizing Barack Obama for out of control spending. So they must be pleased that they have forced him, in his State of the Union address, to concede the point by proposing a freeze on outlays of the kind Republicans generally don’t like.
Well, not exactly. After the administration floated a plan to cap non-defense, non-security discretionary spending for the next three years, the opposition party erupted in jeers.
The complaints were many: It affected only one-eighth of the budget, it came on top of big increases, and the savings would be...
Fiscal Fraud -- or Frugality?
John Stossel once spoke on what your talking about.
He essentually explains that a program intented to help 1000 inner city people will actually end up helping just 3 or 4 people.
So yes the program did actually help a few people but at a cost that hurt many many more.
Thus we see after 60 years of the "Great Society programs", Our prisons are full, black inner city un-employment above 25%, single parent households, high drop out rates.
The help that people actually need which is self reliance and a job is not part of the Liberal agenda.