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Obama Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower

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Written by Wayne Henrich   
Saturday, 01 September 2012 23:28

People believe so much of what politicians say and yet they rate them around 10% in the polls. Then again maybe it's just the people that only watch Fox News and nothing else. I just read a letter this morning in the Daytona Beach News Journal saying President Obama is the biggest-spending president of all time.

The truth is he's not and I will quote Forbes magazine (which by the way is owned by a Republican).
“Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack Obama?” You can check for yourself http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/
The reason it's not President Obama's fault is the first year of any incoming president's term is saddled—for better or for worse—with the budget set by the president who immediately precedes the new occupant of the White House. This has been true throughout history.

So don't blame President Obama, because according to this Republican-owned magazine he is tight when it comes to spending money.
 

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+1 # George Kennedy 2012-10-03 13:57
Republicans and conservatives subscribe to the iron law of communications: tell people what you are going to tell them; them tell them what you want to tell them; then, tell them what you just told them. Since facts are inconvenient and irrelevant to a good lie, avoid facts - they harm a good story. Repeat the lie often enough and the media will advance the lie as part of public debate. The media is no longer the independent force it may have been; it contributes to a public less informed than it should be. If we don't educate ourselves, we will continue to get the leadership and the candidates that continue to disappoint us.
 

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