According to the Wall Street Journal, President Obama issued a signing statement when he signed the $410 billion spending bill yesterday. Democrats have recently criticized former President George W. Bush's for issuing signing statements, now President Obama is doing it. According to the article:
"The president said the spending measure should "mark an end to the old way of doing business." His proposals, seconded by the House Democratic leadership, followed days of attacks by Republicans -- and some Democrats -- over the spending for local projects tucked into the bill."
This reminds me of the people you hear say things like, "I'll start my diet tomorrow". Keep in mind that the way is already being prepared for the next stimulus bill. If the money Washington has spent since President Obama took office had been put in the hands of the taxpayers rather than being taken from us, we would be out of the recession by now. Also, if the offshore drilling (and other areas) had been opened for exploration, we would be seeing unemployment go down and government revenue go up. What is happening now is not constructive and is creating debt that we will all have to pay off at some point.
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