Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Obama refuses to sign new $410 billion spending bill in public

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(Debt Star pic h/t: Vocal Minority)
More equivocation from The One. I suppose he "inherited" these 9,000 earmarks, too?

WASHINGTON – Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will accept a $410 billion spending package that includes billions in earmarks like those he promised to curb in last year's campaign. But he insisted the bill must signal an "end to the old way of doing business."
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In a sign of his discomfort with the bill, Obama planned to sign the bill quietly rather than in public. He declined to answer a shouted reporters' question about why.
One word, Mr. President: VETO.

Another Obama campaign promise bites the dust.
"And, absolutely, we need earmark reform. And when I'm president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."