https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/This blog is dedicated to President Barack Hussein Obama's oft-repeated desire to be held accountable. I am honored to fulfill his wish, and I will do it in two ways. I will examine the consequences, should he mean exactly what he says, and I will compare his words with established facts. His direct quotations will be used wherever possible.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/699092My intent in this series was to go through the President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit in its entirety. Circumstances have dictated a change of course; I am concluding the series here. Following the section previously discussed, the President launches into a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/699091Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit. In the next paragraph, he summarizes how he thinks his plan will cut the deficit by spending cuts, lower interest payments, and cutting so-called “tax expenditures” (which are really...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/699090Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit. In this section we explore a fascinating remark about corporate taxes: "I believe reform should protect the middle class, promote economic growth, and build on the fiscal commission’s...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/699089Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit, expanding on yesterday's discussion of the tax code: "Beyond that, the tax code is also loaded up with spending on things like itemized deductions. And while I agree with the goals of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/698376Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit. Here is the fourth area in which he said he'd address the deficit: "The fourth step in our approach is to reduce spending in the tax code, so-called tax expenditures. In December, I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/698154Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit. This concludes his discussion of his third step in deficit reduction, in the area of health care spending. We've already exposed the deceit of his claims that he is reducing health...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/697646Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit, still on discussion of his third step in deficit reduction, in the area of health care spending: "But let me be absolutely clear: I will preserve these health care programs as a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/697585Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit. "Now, we believe the reforms we’ve proposed to strengthen Medicare and Medicaid will enable us to keep these commitments to our citizens while saving us $500 billion by 2023, and an...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/697534Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit. His first step was to “keep annual domestic spending low” despite his record of increasing it. The second was to impose major reductions in defense spending, one of the first...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight9992/697348Continuing my dissection and analysis of President Obama's April 13 speech on how he plans to reduce the deficit. His first step was to “keep annual domestic spending low” despite his record of increasing it. The second was to impose major reductions in defense spending, one of the first...