Aside from the trillion dollars the government is about to spend to get our economy going again, Obama vows to watch what we spend. Doesn't really make to much sense, but it is something. The government is so wasteful.
Obama will appoint a "chief performance officer, a White House official who will work with federal agencies to set performance standards and hold agency managers accountable for progress." I'm curious to know what progress is, and what accountability is. If progress is doing more with less, I'm all for it. If accountability is firing anyone who's department wastes money or has a hint of corruption, then I'm all for it. Otherwise, it's just another person on the payroll.
Finally, if you put any stock in statistics and graphs (I know they can be manipulated, etc), the only president who's administration actually showed a leveling off of the federal deficit was Clinton when the democrats controlled both the house and senate. Republican presidents ever since Reagen, have spent uncontrollably while claiming fiscal responsibility. Let's hope Obama means what he says (with the exception of this next trillion dollars of course).
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