Obama budget promise – yeah, right

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, like out of the mouth of every president from Ronald Reagan on, but President Barack Obama says he plans to halve the deficit in four years.

Now, I applaud him for putting all the “off-budget” spending for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, money that Shrub put there, back on budget. No accounting gimmicks (other than the bipartisan “borrowing” from Social Security).

That will actually make the percentage cuts easier to achieve, too. But, c’mon, B.O. – the easiest way to really get at that is to get all troops not just your weasel-phrased “non-combatants,” out of Iraq. Second that with not expanding the war in Afghanistan more, and you’re easily on your way.

Your “government efficiency” mantra? Neolib bullshit that started with Clinton-Gore, and reflects one of the ways in which neolibs are far away from being “liberal.”