Comments on: Spotlight on Spending: Cut $54 Million from Congressional Office Budgets http://bloggingblue.com/2009/12/01/spotlight-on-spending-cut-54-million-from-congressional-office-budgets/ Blogging Liberally in the Badger State Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:35:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: forgotmyscreenname http://bloggingblue.com/2009/12/01/spotlight-on-spending-cut-54-million-from-congressional-office-budgets/comment-page-1/#comment-16308 forgotmyscreenname Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:01:34 +0000 http://bloggingblue.com/?p=7408#comment-16308 I applaud Sen. Feingold's efforts on this, but does he support any MAJOR spending reductions to reduce our deficits and debt? This only sets a good example if the politicians follow through on meaningful reforms. Saving $54 million is a joke when they are passing billions and trillion dollar spending and stimulus bills. After all, couldn't it be argued that this $54 million is stimulating the economy, in the same way the other federal spending is? This is press release fluff, on par with Obama's mere millions in spending reductions earlier this year, after he promised a major spending overhaul during the campaign (remember that "scalpel approach" speech during the debates to end some programs?). I'm not going to criticize reduced spending, but this is the equivalent of not buying a gumball when you can't pay your mortgage. I applaud Sen. Feingold’s efforts on this, but does he support any MAJOR spending reductions to reduce our deficits and debt? This only sets a good example if the politicians follow through on meaningful reforms. Saving $54 million is a joke when they are passing billions and trillion dollar spending and stimulus bills. After all, couldn’t it be argued that this $54 million is stimulating the economy, in the same way the other federal spending is?

This is press release fluff, on par with Obama’s mere millions in spending reductions earlier this year, after he promised a major spending overhaul during the campaign (remember that “scalpel approach” speech during the debates to end some programs?).

I’m not going to criticize reduced spending, but this is the equivalent of not buying a gumball when you can’t pay your mortgage.

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