# Obama Sets Up Commission To "Fight" The Deficit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566 "2010-04-27T21:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/1 "2010-04-27T21:43:56Z")
You can’t make this up-this guy has driven the deficit and national debt to record levels-and now he has decided that we need to reduce the deficit! More Orwellian “Newspeak”-less is more, I am You, Truth is Ignorance… I wonder id obama will appoint a “debt czar”-that would seem to be appropriate! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/2 "2010-04-27T21:49:18Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to The BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/3 "2010-04-27T21:50:57Z")
Considering which forum this is in, my humble opinion is that any president does not deserve full credit or blame for the deficits that happen (or not) on his watch. With that in mind, Obama inherited the tax structure and a lousy economy from the previous administration, spent to mitigate the crisis, and would like to go forward with more budget discipline than any Republican president of the last 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/4 "2010-04-27T21:57:34Z")
Really? You’re against Obama trying to reduce the deficit? And you’re against him delegating duties to do it more efficiently? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/5 "2010-04-27T21:58:49Z")
Don’t forget the part where he asked both Democrats and Republicans to participate. I mean, where does this guy get off? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/6 "2010-04-27T21:59:18Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > You can’t make this up-this guy has driven the deficit and national debt to record levels-and now he has decided that we need to reduce the deficit! > More Orwellian “Newspeak”-less is more, I am You, Truth is Ignorance.. > I wonder id obama will appoint a “debt czar”-that would seem to be appropriate! > 😕 You’re too stupid to comment on this. Go and watch some Beck. Okay, I’ll tell you what is actually happening. Obama hardly drove the debt to record levels. The current debt is due to Bush tax cuts, the reduced revenue from the recession\*, the wars and the Stimulus\*\*. \*If there is a recession the government pulls in less money. \*\*The stimulus was necessary and it averted a depression. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/7 "2010-04-27T22:00:21Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > 😕 Indeed. You should sign all your posts like this, **ralph**. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/8 "2010-04-27T22:08:55Z")
Orwellian Newspeak applied to the OP: Stupidity is intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/9 "2010-04-27T22:15:54Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Don’t forget the part where he asked both Democrats and Republicans to participate. I mean, where does this guy get off? Don’t forget how Obama created this deficit completely by himself, acting in isolation, all alone, and just him. Why before Obama, there were budget surpluses for 8 years! Right? Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/10 "2010-04-27T22:20:13Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > You can’t make this up-this guy has driven the deficit and national debt to record levels-and now he has decided that we need to reduce the deficit! All this and barely a year in office? Truly, a force to be reckoned with! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/11 "2010-04-27T22:31:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Don’t forget how Obama created this deficit completely by himself, acting in isolation, all alone, and just him. Communists are like that, they are! Lone wolf Mavericks, the lot of them. Make John McCain look like a robot Wall street Republican he does. No wait, McCain’s just done that for himself, along with the rest of the Gop leadership. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/12 "2010-04-27T22:35:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Orwellian Newspeak applied to the OP: Stupidity is intelligence. Creduility is Skepticism? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/13 "2010-04-27T23:01:39Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > 😕 Let me guess - looking forward to voting Palin in 2012? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/14 "2010-04-27T23:36:08Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > You can’t make this up-this guy has driven the deficit and national debt to record levels-and now he has decided that we need to reduce the deficit! > More Orwellian “Newspeak”-less is more, I am You, Truth is Ignorance.. > I wonder id obama will appoint a “debt czar”-that would seem to be appropriate! > 😕 I’m glad he’s taking your money. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/15 "2010-04-27T23:44:14Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > You can’t make this up-this guy has driven the deficit and national debt to record levels Cite? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/16 "2010-04-27T23:55:06Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I wonder id obama will appoint a “debt czar”-that would seem to be appropriate! Well, yes, it would, actually. What is your point? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/17 "2010-04-27T23:56:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Let me guess - looking forward to voting Palin in 2012? :eek: No! NO! Republicans, I beg of you! **Please** don’t run Sarah Palin against Obama in 2012! **Please** don’t make Michelle Bachmann her running mate! **PLEASE!** ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/18 "2010-04-28T00:02:13Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > You can’t make this up-this guy has driven the deficit and national debt to record levels-and now he has decided that we need to reduce the deficit! > More Orwellian “Newspeak”-less is more, I am You, Truth is Ignorance.. > I wonder id obama will appoint a “debt czar”-that would seem to be appropriate! > 😕 You are one seriously stupid fucking moron. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/19 "2010-04-28T00:07:11Z")
You know, we wouldn’t be in this financial mess we’re in if we hadn’t spent so much money on that war with Eurasia. How long is that thing going to go on for anyway? It seems like it’s been forever! ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566/20 "2010-04-28T00:09:06Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > You know, we wouldn’t be in this financial mess we’re in if we hadn’t spent so much money on that war with Eurasia. How long is that thing going to go on for anyway? It seems like it’s been forever! Dude. We’ve always been allies with Eurasia. We’re fighting Eastasia. And always have! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566.md?page=2)