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	Fiscal Discipline

merrie

4-21-2009 9:13 AM

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cut wasteful spending, obama singles out contracts, that create seals & logos, cost dept $3 million since 2003

merrie says:

What's a few trillion among friends when you can save five hundred thousand a year on logos?

In his weekly address, the president vows to eliminate 'dozens of government programs' and says he'll ask Cabinet secretaries to slash department budgets as part of an efficiency campaign.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-budget19-2009apr19,0,7647171.story

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4-22-2009 7:25 AM

davboz

I run out of words. Complete exasperation. Why care anymore?
Is there any reason to even care or have any hope?

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