Obama says:

[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

I am a progressive, but I always tell people that if you're a progressive you should be fiscally even more conservative than the so-called conservatives," he said. "The reason is, there are a lot of needs where we need to spend money, so we can't afford to waste money on stuff that we don't need."

Obama was answering a question from a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative during a town hall meeting about the economy.

"It's important to me, not only because it makes our economy more vulnerable when we've racked up these kinds of debts, but also because if we can't get our fiscal situation under control now it's going to be a lot worse in 10 to 20 years," Obama said.

Now that's VERY reasonable. Lets see how he defines that once he's in power.

Comments

[doktor-x.livejournal.com]

so we can't afford to waste money on stuff that we don't need

Of course Bush would say the same thing, but to him the stuff we don’t need would be things like education, healthcare, etc.. >_<

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

*Snerk!*

Nail, meet hammer.

[mothwentbad.livejournal.com]

Yeah, not really an impressive quote. Hmmm.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

Actually, I agree with him in that we should not be wasting tax dollars. What I want to know is, what does he define as waste?

[mothwentbad.livejournal.com]

I, for one, am totally in favor of wasting tax dollars!

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Those dollars decimate my paycheck by way too much for me to joke about it. *smiles wryly*

[mothwentbad.livejournal.com]

But but... didn't you get the tax cut???

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

Rent. Car payment. Food. Gas. Among other things.