Why do liberals believe Obama will cut spending?

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I'm a liberal, and I don't believe Obama will cut spending. Why would I? Why would he? That would be economically counterproductive during a recession and it naturally goes up with inflation, even for a constant level of government services....Show more

During my lifetime, the population of the USA has multiplied and the US population has never decreased. This alone explains why no President and No Congress has not cut their spending in 60 years. Combining the additional costs caused by an increase in the US Population with the costs of the Cold War, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, the War on Terrorism makes reducing Federal Government spending impossible... not to forget the soaring prices of energy--I have seen the price of a gallon of gasoline soar from below 15 cents to over $4 per gallon... And the other sources of soaring prices such as in health care and.......

In addition if you expect the spending of the US Government to be cut after all of the bailouts and stimulus packages orchestrated by Bush II and implemented by Obama, you need to go back to school and start your education over from the first grade--with an emphasis on mathematics....Show more

I'm liberal, and I don't believe Obama will drastically cut the overall budget. Unless you count winding down the Iraq war - that's a lot of $ right there.

I don't think that cutting spending *right now* makes a ton of sense anyways; government spending stabilizes the economy. I'd rather cut the fat when the rest of the economy is healthy.

I do think Obama will take the proper steps to close the deficit though. That's getting the economy back on track (more tax revenue), eliminating the Bush tax cuts, and ending the war. Obama has a lot of Clinton-era advisers, and they got the deficit under control......Show more

I can only speak for myself because I have never heard this discussed among liberals.

I do not believe he will cut spending & I do not believe in that unless it is to cut waste. I do believe he has already done that & health care is proof of the waste & corrupt spending being cut out.

When I got married almost 34 years ago we had $7 & that is it. We worked hard saved every penny & bought a house & paid it off.

Times changed. You could say I was very conservative with my money. Yet, it was a horrible way to live. I only drank water & I suffered but I reached a goal that no one I know of was able to do at such a young age.

I have studied prosperity & now I do not believe in being conservative. I look at everything holistically. Do this: breathe in & breath out. That is circulation. Now breath in & this time hold your breathe. I didn't say let it out. What happens. You can not take in another breathe unless you release. This is very important.

I did an experiment with my own finances. I have learned that the best way to be prosperous is to actually not hold tight. If I fear then I constrict the flow. Think of the body as a metaphor. If you didn't have good circulation you would die. Ask a diabetic or others with circulatory problems what happens if the blood flow to their feet stops or to any organ? That part dies off & eventually they die.

Obama has kept the country circulating the best he can do. He understands healing. He has many friends who are the richest people in the world but got that way through their own intelligence.

To understand how people go from rags to richs you will see they really have a system. They look at things different that others who don't make gains. Liberals understand this. Often republican have money because they are very focused on it. if they lost their money they wouldn't know how to manifest it again cause they only know hard work as a way to get it. Prosperity comes from focus not hard work.

So I don't think he is going to cut spending nor do I think he needs to do that unless changes show that what is being spent is not needed anymore. I have stopped spending money on cable because I found I didn't get my money's worth out of it. I have stopped have a land line phone cause it wasn't worth the money I spent on it. So I took the money I saved from getting rid of it & now use my cell phone but have free unlimited minutes. There are wise ways to cut things but he is not going to do it as a republican would do.

George W. Bush told the Army Corp of Engineers he would not pay to have the levees fixed. We the tax payers had already paid to have this work done. While Clinton was in office the money was collected & put to the side. Then when the work was scheduled the next Pres. was in office which was Bush & he refused. He cut spending. Do you know how much more we paid for Katrina?...Show more

Reality check:

Both Democrats and Republicans decreased the deficit every year until Reagan took office. The cutting spending and reducing the size of government stance is the great Republican lie.

Clinton did not cut spending, but he did not increase it and actually put programs in place to head off waste. He is also the only one that actually did decrease the size of government.

This is not the time to cut spending. We need to fix a lot of things that have been neglected under Republican rule. It won't come cheap.

Everyone wants the border protected, that will cost money. Everyone wants jobs and economic stimulus, that costs money too. Everyone wants us out of the Middle East, that isn't going to be free....Show more