Quote of the Day
By Tom Shoop | Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 12:10 PM
By Tom Shoop | Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 12:10 PM
"If I'm elected president, I'm going to cap non-defense discretionary spending at inflation minus one percent. That would save $300 billion in 10 years. And if Congress sends me a budget that exceeds that cap, I will veto that budget. And I know how to veto. I like vetoes. I've vetoed hundreds of spending appropriations as governor."
--GOP presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in a campaign commercial unveiled earlier this year.
Comments
Unfortunately this years budget is running 8% above last year. we can't even keep it even with inflation
dan ketter | Friday, September 21, 2007 | 01:22 PMEasy to say, but non-defense discretionary spending includes all the services the government provides to the public. Better would be a cap on total spending at inflation minus one or two percent and include the defense budget (particularly the money we're throwing down the hole that is Iraq) in the mix.
Gov. Romney's statement is like adjusting the nozzle on a garden hose while the fire hose next to it still gushes full speed. We should manage the flow of money through the government as a whole, not in sound-bite sized pieces.
Just another campaign promise that will be forgotten just after the election results are known. Perhaps the people of the United States will someday wake up and see what a load of BS the politicians sling at us on a regular basis. Not before it really starts hitting home will we all begin holding these people aaccountable for their "promises". I don't like to sound negative, but after so many years of being fed a long line of horse crap, I suppose I'm just tired. This may be the first presidential election that I pass up.
orphandog | Friday, September 21, 2007 | 07:12 AMABOUT THIS BLOG
Government Executive Editor Tom Shoop takes a look at news and events affecting the federal bureaucracy, from the perspective of a longtime observer of government.
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