Obama Responds to Tea Parties By Showing His Fiscal Conservative Side DEMANDS a 0.0029% budget cut…

The Tea Parties held all over the nation on April 15th were a resounding success by all indicators. As an indirect response to the Tea Party demand for an end to reckless spending, we are told that: WaPo

President Obama plans to convene his Cabinet for the first time today, where he will order members to identify a combined $100 million in budget cuts over the next 90 days, according to a senior administration official.

How amazing is that? $100 million in budget cuts. He could have ordered $1 million or $10 million , but he went all out and ordered $100 million in budget cuts.  Kind of like his immense generosity in helping Italy with earthquake relief, when he gave $50,000…

Hotair puts the $100 Million in perspective…

• $100 million from a $3.5 trillion budget for FY2010: 0.0029%
• $100 million from the $1.2 trillion White House deficit projection for their FY2010 budget: 0.008%
• $100 million from the $700 billion Porkulus stimulus bill Obama demanded: 0.013%
• $100 million from the $634 billion “down payment” on nationalized health care:0.016%
• $100 million from the $555 billion omnibus spending plan completing the 2009 budget: 0.018%
• $100 million from the $13 billion in pork from the omnibus spending plan: 0.77%

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