[StBernard] Gov. Jindal: Obama Presidency is Era of Government Greed

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Fri Mar 1 08:08:58 EST 2013


Governor Bobby Jindal wrote a column for National Review Online
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Presidency the Era of Government Greed.

President Obama's Legacy:
Government Greed

It seems as if President Obama sends out another cabinet secretary every
hour to tell the public about the dire consequences we will face if the
sequestration cuts are not averted.

You've heard them - no vaccinations for children, teachers losing their
jobs, less security from terrorist attacks, longer wait times at airports,
and fewer food inspections. Now there are even reports that government
officials are releasing hundreds of immigrants from deportation centers.
What's next? Is the president going to threaten to open the doors of federal
prisons? This is silly.

Sequestration cuts account for less than 3 percent of the federal budget,
but the president would have you believe that the world is going to end if
they happen. Americans know that at least 3 percent of federal-government
spending is wasteful - and they would tell you there's room to cut the waste
without jeopardizing critical services. The president is asking the American
people to believe that there is no waste or fat in government. It's just a
ridiculous notion.

It gets better: Even after the sequestration reductions, the federal budget
will actually be larger than it was last year. Let that one sink in. Only in
Washington, D.C., would this be called a cut.

One idea I had was to delay Obamacare by not implementing the
health-insurance exchanges and the Medicaid expansions. This would save tens
of billions of dollars, and it wouldn't cut a program that has already
started.

Of course, the president has rejected this idea and every other rational
proposal to make these cuts in a way that doesn't jeopardize services.
Instead, he's using scare tactics and political theater to promote the
solution he prefers for every problem - more taxes and more spending.

This week he even rejected an idea that would have given the administration
more flexibility to make these reductions in a way that wouldn't affect
critical services. Why, you ask? This administration has an insatiable
appetite for higher taxes and government growth. There has been over $600
billion in new spending and nearly $6 trillion in new debt under this
president. Last month, he approved over $600 billion in new taxes that will
affect nearly every American. Now he wants more money out of our paychecks.

It's the latest example of why the Obama years will be remembered as the Era
of Government Greed. There isn't a problem President Obama thinks can't be
solved by more taxes and more spending. His solution is always to take more
money out of the American economy and put it into the government.

You can't grow the economy by taking money out of the economy. Yet that's
the president's plan, and it's leading us down a dangerous path. First, the
greed of Wall Street crippled our economy, and now, President Obama's
Government Greed is threatening to drown our economy.

It's time for the president to show leadership. It's time for him to send to
Congress a list of reductions that preserves critical services. Every
governor has had to balance budgets during tough economic times. Every
family has to balance budgets, too. Every business has had to become more
efficient and tighten its belt. It's time for the president to stop
campaigning, stop deploying scare tactics, and do his job.

Published on the National Review Online
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