Obama's Budget Spends Too Much

Obama's Budget Spends Too Much

MARCH 10, 2009
  • Middle-class families and small businesses are making sacrifices when it comes to their own budget, yet Washington continues to spend trillions in taxpayer dollars on bailouts and other government programs.  
  • The spending in this budget is so massive that independent estimates suggest roughly 250,000 new federal bureaucrats may be needed to spend it all. (1)

(1) 'Many Hires Needed for Budget Goals,” Washington Post, March 3, 2009