{"id":16920,"date":"2012-12-31T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T15:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16920"},"modified":"2012-12-31T10:26:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T15:26:34","slug":"if-you-tell-a-lie-often-enough-people-begin-to-believe-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16920","title":{"rendered":"If You Tell A Lie Often Enough People Begin To Believe It"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNS News<\/a> posted a story yesterday about a comment President Obama made on NBCs \u201cMeet the Press<\/a>\u201d on Sunday. President Obama stated, “Well, I have to tell you, David, if you look at my track record over the last two years, I cut spending by over a trillion<\/a> dollars in 2011. I campaigned on the promise of being willing to reduce the deficit in a serious way, in a balanced approach of spending cuts<\/a> and tax increases on the wealthy while keeping middle class taxes low.”<\/p>\n

That statement sounds really good, but what are the facts?<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

According to the White House Office of Management and Budget<\/a>, federal spending was not cut by $1 trillion in 2011. In fact, in fiscal 2010, federal spending was $3,456,213,000,000. In fiscal 2011, federal spending was $3,603,213,000,000. That was an increase of $147 billion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While President Obama did not cut federal spending by $1 trillion in 2011, he did increase the debt by more than $1 trillion in that fiscal year<\/a>. In fiscal 2011, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget, the federal deficit<\/a> was $1,299,595,000,000. That was up from a deficit of $1,293,489,000,000 in fiscal 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The White House website<\/a> also repeats the claims of the President, but when you begin to read, you discover that the cuts are over a period of ten years. There are also claims that Obamacare<\/a> will reduce spending. The only reason Obamacare has not already collapsed under its own weight is that the taxes it increases are collected for years before the benefits take effect.<\/p>\n

The thing to keep in mind here is that what is called a spending cut in Washington would be called a spending increase anywhere else. Because of the concept of baseline budgeting, any time a government department does not receive additional money, that department’s budget is considered cut. Until Americans<\/a> begin to understand that, we are doomed to ever-increasing federal budgets and ever-increasing federal debt.<\/p>\n

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