Political Quotes

“the President's budget is often described as "dead on arrival." In fairness to this President and others, we should look at it in a different way. This is the President's proposal for the budget for the next fiscal year. It is a fiscal year for which this President will not be here. The year begins on October 1. He will end his term in office January 20. So most of this budget will affect the next administration, the next President. This is pure speculation on his part about where America should be in the next year as the President leaves office. The folks at the Office of Management and Budget must have worked up to the last minute, because when they posted the President's proposed budget on line yesterday, two of the first 15 words were misspelled. Far worse than misspellings, however, many of the priorities in the President's budget are misplaced. The President has proposed the first $3 trillion budget in American history; $3 trillion. Yet with all that money, the President, with his priorities, continues to cut education and health care, energy conservation and independence, affordable housing, veterans programs, and many national priorities.”