Press Conference Reaction: “All the Hundreds of Days to Follow”
Rory Cooper /
Tonight, President Obama held his third prime time press conference of his young presidency to mark his 100th day in office. This press conference was similar in tone and agenda to his previous pressers, down to the mammoth teleprompter hovering over the back of the room. It also continued a theme of government intervention in the lives of American taxpayers and of course, more government spending.
He started off by asking Congress for $1.5 billion in additional emergency funding to combat the ‘swine flu’, which is a noble cause but also puts his $100 million budget “cut” in perspective. One flu virus wiped that off the map fifteen times over. He then warned against being overleveraged on credit and bailouts while touting his budget which the House passed this morning. Unfortunately, this budget does the exact opposite by increasing spending and government bailouts. While he continually worries about President Bush’s deficit, he ignores that he has quadrupled it, while promising to eventually cut it in half.