Let's cut war funding -- not Social Security/Medicare ....

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Obama names special watchdog for federal spending

President-elect Barack Obama Play Video Video: President-Elect Obama News Conference CNBC Play Video Barack Obama Video: Raw video: Obama meets Presidents AP AP – President-elect Barack Obama names Nancy Killefer, left, to the newly created position of chief performance … WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programs — such as Social Security and Medicare — would be "a central part" of his effort to control federal spending.

Obama made the pledge but provided few details as he named Nancy Killefer as his administration's chief performance officer, creating a new White House position aimed at eliminating government waste and improving efficiency.

Noting that the Congressional Budget Office had just estimated he would inherit a $1.2 trillion federal deficit for fiscal 2009, Obama promised to cut unnecessary spending.

"We expect that discussion around entitlements will be a part, a central part of those plans," Obama said. "And I would expect that by February in line with the announcement of at least a rough budget outline we will have more to say about how we're going to approach entitlement spending."

[DJ13]

1. Nothing would tarnish Obama's image faster than ending entitlements

..... in the midst of a depression.

[democrattotheend]

2. Who said anything about ending entitlements?

And why is cutting waste and fraud out of Social Security and Medicare a bad thing?

[Occam Bandage]

3. Cutting waste, fraud, and inefficiency allows more of our SS/Medicare spending to go

to people who need it.

[Occam Bandage]

4. Cutting waste, fraud, and inefficiency allows more of our SS/Medicare spending to go

to people who need it.

[Occam Bandage]

5. Double-posting is an inefficient, wasteful use of DU resources.

[phleshdef]

6. LOL.

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7. LOL

[DevonRex]

9. hee hee

[DevonRex]

10. hee hee

[rurallib]

8. Do you think the Pentagon could get by on say only a quarter Trillion?

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11. When the new administration begins to look at cutting the MIC . . .

will there still be ice in Greenland...???

[PM7nj]

12. This doesn't say entitlements are going to be cut. nt