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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama is doing a great job presenting his argument for consolidating government agencies.
And he used a chart! I always think that helps a LOT -- a la Rachel.!
Watching on MSNBC now.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)I liked that he gave a quick history of "how it got that way...
think
(11,641 posts)toddwv
(2,830 posts)gateley
(62,683 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)just because it's Obama proposing it.
think
(11,641 posts)boxman15
(1,033 posts)him cutting the government.
I'm completely for making the government more efficient. Granted, if vital programs do end up being cut, I'll be upset, but that's not what he's proposing.
gateley
(62,683 posts)cumbersome our government is.
I liked the way he kept saying "their government" is making it hard for them, acknowledging that it's We The People who should be in charge, that the government should be working for us.
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)gateley
(62,683 posts)this is jaw-dropping! It takes something like this to really get the point across, I think.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Thanks for putting that up.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Nothing.
gateley
(62,683 posts)were pulling their tricks.