The Disingenuous Nature of Obama and the OMB

Obama has a tendency to say one thing often while he is doing something else. Quite often he is doing the very thing he might be denying in his speech. For example he will claim:

1. That health care "reform" will provide savings for the budget when in reality it will lead to a massive expansion of spending.
2. Gitmo and tribunals are bad even as they ramp up for business again.
3. That he won't raise taxes in a recession.
4. That he won't raise taxes on 95% of Americans when Cap and Trade is a regressive backdoor tax on all of us.
5. That he wouldn't use gimmicks and give us a reality based budget when by many accounts his budget has been described as as delusional, bleak as could be, and in denial of reality.
6. Claim hope and unity and a new tone all the while using intimidation tactics and hate filled rhetoric.
7. Call for transparency and then cherry pick intel that is then released to make your side look good and Republicans bad.
8. Call for spending cuts and on of millions after increasing the budget by trillions.
9. Claim to support small business while pushing taxes on them.
10. Call for the return of Budget rules such as Paygo even though they will never be adopted.
11. Talk about turning the page on Gitmo only to open up the threat of jailing his political opponents.
12. Attack signing statements, and then use them.
13. Attack lobbyists and then use them.
14. Claim that he is opposed to earmarks then sign an earmark laden bill.

This is a just a partial list, but you get the point. The reason I compiled it was the whoppers that cover Obama's OMB website. It symbolizes Obama's total disconnect of his words compared to the reality of what he is doing. Open up the site and and you get this:

A NEW ERA OF
RESPONSIBILITY
the 2010 Budget

"A budget is more than simply numbers on a page. It is a measure of how well we are living up to our obligations to ourselves and one another."
– President Barack Obama

Of course in the real world his budget is the most fiscally irresponsible budget in the history of the United States. One so bad that the very credit rating of the US government has been called into question. Of course the "new era of responsibility" is always prefaced with Obama blaming someone else, usually Bush for anything bad. As for our obligations, that is rich, what about our obligations to keeping the country from running off the rails? In the real world this is what the "responsible" Obama is doing to us:


Total Deficit or Surplus (Percentage of GDP)




The great Spending Cuts:

Debt Held by the Public, 1965 to 2019 (Percentage of GDP)

And of Course the overall budget:



Reality Mr. President, try some especially now that health care is the next industry you are gunning for.