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If Bloomberg News is to be believed, President Obama's new economic plan is to freeze (not cut) discretionary spending. Leaving aside for the moment the soon-to-come anguished cries from public sector unions that a spending freeze (not cut) will kill babies and unicorns, cause the sun to instantly flame out and banish all Americans to an alternate dimension where we would listen to Fran Drescher sing children's songs for all eternity, there's another major problem with this world view.
Here's the latest in a series of White House perspective fail. See, President Obama, where 'Puter and the rest of Americans live, all spending is discretionary. It's just a question of prioritization. For example, paying 'Puter's mortgage is a higher priority than buying a new deer rifle (at least to Mrs. 'Puter), so the mortgage gets paid first. But there's nothing preventing 'Puter from not paying his mortgage and buying that deer rifle instead. Again, the priority one places on a line item determines whether it's discretionary or not.
So President Obama, the question is what, specifically, do you consider to be discretionary? Give us an itemized list, so we can determine whether you're as untethered from reality as 'Puter thinks you are. 'Puter's betting "discretionary spending" is Rahm-speak for stuff Democrats hate and Republicans want.
