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Obama: ‘I am not an overspender’

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/05/obama_i_am_not_an_overspender.html

Yet…

Here is why [the Market Watch] headline and actual story is misleading at best:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/05/the_false_obama_spending_math_by_market_watch.html

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Off the charts: Obama’s spending by the numbers

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/05/off_the_charts_obamas_spending_by_the_numbers.html

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Nuts to Nutting: Under Obama, Real Spending Has Exploded

http://pjmedia.com/blog/nuts-to-nutting-under-obama-real-spending-has-exploded/?print=1

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Now we can present Obama’s spending record in terms anyone can understand…

http://pjmedia.com/blog/obama-reframes-his-frugal-spending-claim/?print=1

[ASND, however, does not understand Mr. Blumer’s optimism in that article.  If “anyone can understand” the obvious, why do so many reject it a priori?]

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President Obama has shelled out more in federal spending than the five presidents that came before him.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/06/01/president-obama-has-outspent-last-five-presidents

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Obama’s Real Spending Record

There’s no way around the facts. Under Presidents Bush and Obama, government exploded as a share of the economy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303753904577450910257188398.html

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Each and every year, President Obama spends more than President Bush did, by the equivalent cost of the entire Iraq War.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/09/an_iraq_war_every_year.html

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Obama Orders Pay Raise for Biden, Members of Congress, Federal Workers

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-orders-raise-biden-members-congress-federal-workers_692223.html

[Considering the fact that  Joe Biden ,   members of Congress  and  federal workers  all deserve raises, more power to ya, Barack!]

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[Obama] Government borrows 46 cents [from your children & China] for every dollar we spend

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/government_borrows_46_cents_for_every_dollar_we_spend.html

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Obama Budget to Subsidize $10-K For Each Electric Car Sold

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-budget-subsidize-10-k-each-electric-car-sold

[Just so we’re clear here, those ten thousand dollars are your dollars.]

[Cool, huh?]

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President Obama’s 2013 budget due out Monday will estimate the deficit for 2012 to be $1.33 trillion, higher than the $1.29 trillion deficit in 2011

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/210077-obama-budget-2013-sees-increased-deficit

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Democratic Senator: Obama’s Plan ‘Does Not Balance the Budget’

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/democratic-senator-obama-s-plan-does-not-balance-budget

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[Another] Dem Lawmaker: Balanced Budget Is Not the Goal

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/dem-lawmaker-balanced-budget-not-goal

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Even with budget gimmicks and the massive tax hikes liberals have sought for years, his budget never balances.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/obama-using-budget-to-pay-off-political-base/print/

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$100 million [of your money] for ‘environmentally and socially sustainable’ Palestinian buildings

http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/now-obama-greening-hamas/print/

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According to the White House’s own figures… if you take [his] deficit spending [of our money]… and divide it evenly among the roughly 300 million American citizens, that works out to just over $17,000 per person…

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/painful-cost-obama_629745.html

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Obama’s Poverty Politics Trick to Redistribute even more tax dollars

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/01/obamas_poverty_politics_trick_to_redistribute_even_more_tax_dollars.html

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WOULD MORE INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING STIMULATE THE ECONOMY?

http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/publication/infrastructure_deRugy_WP_9-12-11.pdf

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“… there’s not much further we can cut in [domestic, non-defense and entitlement] spending.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/08/graph_for_the_day_for_august_12_2011.html

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President Obama’s 2013 Budget Delivers Tax Hikes, More Spending, More Debt

http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/bg2656.pdf

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Obama Administration Spending Millions More to Push Americans Toward Alternative-Fuel and Electric Vehicles

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-spending-millions-more-push-americans-toward-alternative-fuel-and

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Report: Obama Flies Special Barber To WH Every Two Weeks

http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2012/05/30/report-obama-flies-special-barber-wh-every-two-weeks

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Obama’s spending grows ‘exponentially’ – in Kenya!

http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/obamas-spending-grows-exponentially-in-kenya/print/

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Obama Requests $542 Million In Housing Aid for Drug Addicts

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-requests-542-million-housing-aid-drug-addicts

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There were 2,362 people who earned a million dollars or more in taxable income in 2009 and who also received federal unemployment benefits that year, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/2362-millionaires-got-unemployment-benefits

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Inadequate oversight, lax bookkeeping, sloppy paperwork, haphazard performance agreements and missing financial documentation have plagued [Obama’s] State Department spending of tens of millions of dollars to combat climate change…

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/15/exclusive-state-department-oversight-climate-change-spending-abroad-is-mess/

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To recap, [ Obama ] is driving up the cost of food, animal feed and gasoline [by forcing oil companies to refine ethanol from corn], and Obama’s solution is to drive up meat prices as well.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/examiner-editorial-to-protect-ethanol-obama-seeks-to-inflate-meat-prices/article/2504906#.UCwtrKNSSun

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First it was the Department of Homeland Security, then it was the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and now the Social Security Administration is set to purchase 174,000 rounds of hollow point bullets that will be delivered to 41 locations across the country.

http://www.infowars.com/social-security-administration-to-purchase-174-thousand-rounds-of-hollow-point-bullets/

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“In 2008 the [Obama ‘free’ cell phone] program cost [taxpayers] $772 million, but by 2011 it cost [taxpayers] $1.6 billion.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/where-do-obama-phones-come-from/article/2509203#.UGWm2lH4KYY

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Obama Increased Foreign Aid 80%; Spent 76% More on Foreign Aid Than Border Security

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-increased-foreign-aid-80-spent-76-more-foreign-aid-border-security

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The [Obama] Student Loan Giveaway

High Income Borrowers with Graduate Degrees Stand to Gain the Most

http://www.economics21.org/commentary/great-student-loan-giveaway

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Millions [of your dollars] Paid to Liberal Public Relations Firms

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ronn-torossian/millions-paid-to-liberal-public-relations-firms/print/

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[Obama] Spending $900,000 [of your children’s money] to Help Women Start Businesses–in Peru and El Salvador

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-spending-900000-help-women-start-businesses-peru-and-el-salvador

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All told, the [Obama administration] has paid out at least $180,000 [of your money] for official portraits…

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/11/picture-this-cabinet-portraits-for-big-bucks/print/

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[Obama] White House Announces $6 Billion to Promote Clean Energy – in Asia

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/white-house-announces-6-billion-promote-clean-energy-asia

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FEMA teams told to ‘sightsee’ as Sandy victims suffered

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/07/exclusive-fema-teams-told-to-ightsee-as-sandy-victims-suffered/

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Federally-funded ‘LGBT’ Conference in Oklahoma Undermines Scripture

http://americansfortruth.com/2012/12/14/breaking-your-tax-dollars-at-work-federally-funded-lgbt-conference-in-oklahoma-undermines-scripture/

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Obama Sandy aid bill filled with holiday goodies unrelated to storm damage

http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/national/little_help_here_1kW6aQ8fElj4CKwbheEV0N#axzz2FGyZuz7v

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[Obama’s own] Dep’t of Labor Reports More Than $5 Billion in ‘Improper’ Unemployment Insurance Payments

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/dept-labor-reports-more-5-billion-improper-unemployment-insurance-payments

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[Obama’s] Labor Dept. Spending $2M [of your money] to Boost Worker ‘Solidarity’ in Haiti and Peru

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/labor-dept-spending-2m-boost-worker-solidarity-haiti-and-peru

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President Obama agreed Tuesday night to sign an emergency deficit reduction bill that does almost nothing to rein in spending and then jetted out to Hawaii to resume his vacation at an extra cost of more than $3 million to taxpayers.

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/01/02/obama-returns-hawaii-added-cost-3-million/

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