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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (19167)	9/17/2009 1:20:55 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

we didn't like Bush's spending, but he was way better than al gore and Kerry and many times better than the POS in the WH now

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (19167)	9/17/2009 1:25:07 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 103300

WELFARE STATE? "When Barack Obama said he wanted to 'spread the wealth around,' he meant it," writes Stephen Spruiell on the conservative National Review Online (www.nationalreview .com), quoting a new study from Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation that estimates that the president's policies would spend $10.3 trillion on welfare programs over the next decade. "Obama started increasing welfare spending immediately after assuming office," Mr. Spruiell said. "The stimulus bill included $220 billion in new means-tested spending, including a little-noticed provision that repealed one of the key welfare reforms of the Clinton era. "If Rector's estimates are correct, Obama will spend twice as much on welfare as [President Bill Clinton] did. He is off to an incredible start. His $88.2 billion increase in welfare spending in 2009 is twice as large as any other increase in history. By the end of next year, he will have increased welfare spending by $263 billion, which is two-and-a-half times greater than any previous increase."