Friday, January 13, 2012

Smaller government

  • WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are cautiously embracing President Barack Obamas proposal for shrinking the size of the federal government, although many are watching to see if his actions will match up with his words.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Im to the point that I cant tell the difference between a trial balloon, a legitimate offer and political hot air. Thats why I want to seriously consider the presidents plan for power to merge a power last held by Ronald Reagan.
  • (Dallas Morning Views Blog)
  • Republicans say they can work with the President on this idea, but Senator John Cornyn of Texas says, it sounds a lot like an election eve conversion to smaller Government. At the White House, Mike Majchrowitz, FOX News Radio.
  • (FOX News)
  • WASHINGTON — The federal deficit was lower in the first quarter of the 2012 budget year than the same period last year.
  • (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
  • Cornyn: Yesterday, President Obama asked for a $1.2 trillion increase in the debt limit, Now he wants a smaller government Boehner (smoking): John, I know. He said smaller. Trouble for us. That is our meal ticket. We need to come up with something.
  • (International Business Times)
  • Colovas said the grocery store would take up about 50,000 square feet and the remaining smaller spaces might include a 1,000-square-foot coffee shop or a 4,000-square-foot casual dining restaurant. The retail development is on the northeast corner.
  • (Dallas Morning News)
  • A recent article in the Times stated that nonprofit organizations in the north country employ 12,000 people and spend $800 million yearly. As a fiscal conservative I was literally overwhelmed by this figure.
  • (WatertownDailyTimes.com)
  • Republicans have often aligned themselves with smaller government. So politically, Obama is trying to put the onus on Republicans in the House and Senate to show why they would be against the pursuit of leaner government.
  • (KING-5)
  • But are they? Romney, who shamelessly courts the ultra-Right GOP base by claiming in speech after disingenuous speech that conservative principles of smaller government are what I am fighting for, has a long history as a champion of big government.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A compassionate-conservative approach to governing would result in a different and smaller federal role — using free-market ideas to strengthen families and communities, rather than constructing centralized bureaucracies.
  • (Article.nationalreview.com)

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