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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FJB who wrote (98939)	1/27/2011 5:24:58 PM
From: MJ	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224744

Please notice the use of words-----"non-mandatory domestic spending". As I read this Mr. Obama did not say, articulate, what non-mandatory spending is nor did he articulate what mandatory spending he considers untouchable. If so I missed that information by Mr. Obama. He sure left a lot of hedge room to use his pen and 'Mandate' comment in reference to----- CBO Director: Trillion-Dollar Deficits Risk 'Fiscal Crisis' in U.S. Published January 27, 2011 \| FoxNews.com foxnews.com "President Obama touched on the need for deficit reduction in his State of the Union speech Tuesday. He called for a five-year freeze on non-mandatory domestic spending, a proposal he estimated would save $400 billion over the next decade. He called for action on reforming entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, without offering specifics. "