That too many people on this site (including some of the writers on the main page) are complete, unadulterated, unbashed ignoarmuses. You aren't stupid, not the least, but you are ignorant and your ignorance is spreading to those that follow you and take your opinion to heart. All you saw was the word "spending freeze" and IMMEDIATELY decided to overreact and spout invective like "NEO-HOOVERITE Ahhhhhh!!!" Calm down, sit back and WAIT to see what is actually in the plan.
Rachel Maddow, who my respect for knows no bouds, epitomized exactly what I stated above. She interviewed Jared Bernstein and it was like she was practicing interviewing in a mirror. She didn't listen to ONE WORD he was saying. Not one iota, not verb, not a noun, not even a freaking adjective it was embarrasing. I understand why this sounds.......well..........dumb. However, I am the type of person that says "Before I automatically get angry and bash this how about I wait for the details." People that don't do this are.............IDIOTS. Start thinking for yourselves instead of going along with the crowd.
Being pragmatic means thinking outside the box. It means getting out of your comfort zone. It means dealing with reality. Reality is we are in some pretty shitty times that will take one hell of an effort to get out of. From what I can tell this plan seems like it is a two pronged approach. The O administration tried cutting wasteful programs, succeeding a bit but not as much as they would have liked. Now they try to PUT MORE MONEY into these focused job producing programs(jobs, energy...you know the rest) and freeze the spending on some of this wasteful stuff. This SEEMS like what the idea is but guess what.........I WILL WAIT FOR THE DETAILS. Whether I agree with a policy on it's face doesn't matter to me, and it shouldn't matter to you. DOES IT WORK and how it affects the American people matter, and that's all in the details. So once again I am BEGGING you to calm down, fall back, and wait for the details before we start spewing all this crap about Armageddon and Obama stealing gifts before the Grinch had a chance to.