“Experts said the cost-cutting measures will do little to restore fiscal responsibility and are at best a symbolic early move. At worst, they said, the savings, which amount to a fraction of 1 percent of Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget, are so obvious and picayune that by making them a major focus of his first Cabinet meeting, the president may have given the impression that he is not serious about controlling spending.” (Washington Post, Friday)
An insult to our intelligence.
FEE Timely Classic
“Does Government Always Have to Grow?” by Stephen Davies