Barack Obama actually said...

Under the President's budget, non-defense discretionary spending would average 3.6 percent of GDP over the next decade.

Obama discusses the projected non-defense spending under his budget plan.

01/07/2009

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He came to get things done and not just play the usual political games.

I appreciate the hard work of our Federal workforce, and understand how important these payments can be to many workers and their families.

no one should bet against the American worker, American business and American ingenuity.

We need to make tough choices about how to spend our funds.