Frugal Café Blog Zone

Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on August 26, 2009

The frugal mentality in America is increasing… huzzah!

More Americans are realizing that if the government is “giving” them something, it either has strings attached or costs them more in taxes. No such thing as a “free government entitlement.” If Pres. Obama gives away anything, he took it from someone else. Per a new poll, more American voters want fewer expensive government “freebies.”

And an increasing majority of Americans want Pres. Obama OUT of their wallets.

From Rasmussen Reports, August 26, 2009:

America’s Best Days
70% Prefer Government That Provides Fewer Services With Lower Taxes

Seventy percent (70%) of likely voters now favor a government that offers fewer services and imposes lower taxes over one that provides more services with higher taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

That’s up five points over the past month and is the highest level measured in nearly three years…

Most Republicans (88%) and voters not affiliated with either major party (78%) like a government with lower taxes and fewer services, and 48% of Democrats agree. However, one-in-three Democrats (34%) prefer more government services and higher taxes.

And in the same report, an increase of American voters have a dimmer view of how our president views our country:

Most voters (69%) continue to believe that American society is generally fair and decent, showing no change from last month. Only 21% see society as generally unfair and discriminatory.

When it comes to the president, only 39% think Obama believes society is fair and decent, the lowest level measured since he took office. Forty-five percent (45%) say the president views American society as unfair and discriminatory, down four points from July.

Politico weighs in:

Barack Obama’s Big Bang is beginning to backfire, as his plans for rapid, once-in-a-generation overhauls of energy, financial regulation and health care are running into stiff resistance, both in Washington and around the country.

The Obama theory was simple, though always freighted with risk: Use a season of economic anxiety to enact sweeping changes the public likely wouldn’t stomach in ordinary times. But the abrupt swing in the public’s mood, from optimism about Obama’s possibility to concern he may be overreaching, has thrown the White House off its strategy and forced the president to curtail his ambitions.

Congress had better be paying attention… 2010 elections are coming up. And despite what the White House has laughingly said, Americans DO have good memories. And they’re hoppin’ mad…

Other good reading on Obama’s free-for-all spending:
Nuke Gingrich: Record Debt, Record Spending, HR 3200
Riteside: Just Who Do They Think They Are Working For?
Sister Toldjah: The war between the CBO and Obama admin over ObamaCare continues
Tarpon’s Swamp: Support For Obamacare Falls Further and British Economy: ‘Worst fiscal outlook since Second World War’
RedState: Obama’s Big Spending Numbers
Get Off Your Butts: Yeah, What About Us Guys?
The Hill: 10-year budget deficit grows by $2 trillion
ABC News: Obamas’ Martha’s Vineyard Vacation May Ground Some Businesses and Luxury Getaways for the President: Martha’s Vineyard and Beyond
Gathering of Eagles: NY: Barack Obama Vacations While Economy Tanks
The Urban Grind: What An Obama Welfare State Would Look Like
Alvaro Alvillar, Big Hollywood: Ignorance = ‘It Ain’t No More, Okay?’
Garnette’s View: Michelle Obama clothes and jewelry
NewsMax: Michelle Obama Accepting Fashion Freebies
Michelle Malkin: And now: Cash for Kitchen Appliances and Wait, it gets better: Cash for Coiffures! and Cash for Clunkers, R.I.P. – for now and Stimulus…or smut-ulus?
Washington Examiner: Obama’s trillions dwarf Bush’s ‘dangerous’ spending
Yahoo Answers: Why Are Liberals Okay With Obama Spending More Than Bush Did?
LA Times: California holds a garage sale — with cars autographed by Schwarzenegger
US News & World Report: Obama Economic Stimulus Offers Too Much Waste, Not Enough Job Creation
Kittywampus: Beer, Bratwurst, and Bullshit
CNS News: Obama’s Spending Plans Will Nearly Double the National Debt–White House Leaked the News Late on Friday
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Our Deficit Grows and Obama Goes… On Vacation to Uber-Pricey Martha’s Vineyard and Holy Mackerel… Cash for Appliances? Son of ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Program Could Be Another Clunker and Party Boy Obama Livin’ It Up Like Royalty While Americans Struggle to Buy Food and Screwball Comedy: White House Misspells Barack Obama’s Name on US-Russian Document, Plus More Obama Snubs & Gaffes in Moscow: UPDATE: Michelle’s $6,000 Purse
Moderate in the Middle: Your Tax Dollars At Work: Beauty School dropouts get stimulus grants, but no degrees…
Pajamas Media: Sonja Schmidt, Left Exposed, PJTV: Ouch! Paying for DC’s Culture of Spending (Who’s in Your Wallet?)
Three Fish Limit: “Cash for?” — Ideas on how to spend “our” money
Cato @ Liberty: Cash for Clunkers: Dumbest Program Ever?
Hepsy’s Kuleana: Lost: $30,000 for every man, woman & child in our country
The Patriot’s Mind: Yippee! Obama to Nominate Bernanke to 2nd Term!
JustOneMinute: Now I’m PO’ed
Gerald Warner, Telegraph.co.uk: President Pantywaist in retreat: Barack Obama hoists the white flag over Stalinist health care proposals
Gateway Pundit: Will the Media’s Bush-Bashing Ever Cease?

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