Obama and his Anti-American Holder Justice Department are not enforcing the immigration laws, but are targeting US citizens in Arizona.  With Democrat controlled states or cities where "illegal immigrant" sanctuary is the policy, the Justice Department says that they are safe and will not be a target of the federal government.

Again, Obama is again playing politics and not enforcing the law. He is catering to the illegals who he hopes will vote for him and the Democrat Party through fraud (...but they do not care about our Constitution).  A week after suing Arizona and arguing that the state's immigration law creates a patchwork of rules, the Obama administration said it will not go after so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with the federal government on immigration enforcement, on the grounds that they are not as bad as a state that "actively interferes."

"There is a big difference between a state or locality saying they are not going to use their resources to enforce a federal law, as so-called sanctuary cities have done, and a state passing its own immigration policy that actively interferes with federal law," Tracy Schmaler, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., told The Washington Times. "That's what Arizona did in this case."

But the author of the 1996 federal law that requires states and localities to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration laws thinks the administration is misreading the statute and that sanctuary cities are in violation of federal law. Drawing a distinction between those localities and Arizona, he said, is "flimsy justification" for suing the state.

"For the Justice Department to suggest that they won't take action against those who passively violate the law, who fail to comply with the law is absurd," said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and chief author of the 1996 immigration law. "Will they ignore individuals who fail to pay taxes? Will they ignore banking laws that require disclosure of transactions over $10,000? Of course not."

A spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce federal immigration laws will not face lawsuits like Arizona, which has passed a law on illegal immigrants.  A spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce federal immigration laws will not face lawsuits like Arizona, which has passed a law on illegal immigrants.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and other critics said that sanctuary cities--localities that refuse to check on someone's legal status or won't alert immigration authorities when they encounter illegal immigrants-- are just as guilty of creating a patchwork of laws, and violate the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Once again,The White House is just plain wrong on the law since the Arizona law mirrors federal law and Obama is just trying to gain more support with Hispanics. 

Sanctuary policies encourage more criminal, human trafficking, and drug violence in our cities and nation.  We must put our military on the border to control our borders and start targeting illegals so they do not get jobs or any government support from the tax payers.

The US Congress and the President is spending money like a drunken sailor with no responsibility to the American tax payer.  Look at what has happened in Greece and now in the UK.  We have elected officials who are not responsible on fiscal issues and they are funding pet social and party projects.  We now have a $13 Trillion debt and are borrowing money from a communist country to pay for our uncontrolled spending.  This is a real critical issue that we must address now or it will create a depression.  Do not take more of our hard earned money for taxes--control spending.

Europe's economic picture darkened further Monday as Britain's prime minister declared the nation's finances to be worse than feared -- requiring sacrifices that will affect "our very way of life" -- and the euro slid further toward parity with the dollar.  From small EU nations such as Hungary and Greece to big ones such as Germany, which on Monday announced its own harsh austerity measures, the Continent's economic and fiscal crisis is showing no sign of letting up.

Germany, Europe's economic powerhouse, promised a raft of spending cuts, vowing to "set an example" for heavily indebted Greece, Spain and Portugal, which are buckling under their debt loads and threaten to drag Europe's currency union down with them.  With even an unprecedented multibillion-dollar rescue package failing to fully persuade investors, European nations are scrambling to regain credibility and shore up market confidence by proving they can get their houses in order.

There is no doubt the cuts will be painful, and government leaders are preparing their citizens for the blow.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany needs to save 80 billion euros ($96 billion) through 2014 by reducing handouts to parents, cutting 15,000 government jobs and delaying projects such as construction of a replica of a Prussian palace in Berlin.

British Prime Minister David Cameron warned in a speech of painful cutbacks that may shape the nation for an entire generation and are necessary because "the overall scale of the problem is even worse than we thought."  "How we deal with these things will affect our economy, our society -- indeed our whole way of life," he said. "The decisions we make will affect every single person in our country. And the effects of those decisions will stay with us for years, perhaps decades to come."

Mr. Cameron's government will announce cuts in a June 22 emergency budget, less than two months after coming to power at the head of Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. On Monday, he remained vague on details of how his government plans to close its record deficit, which reached 152.8 billion pounds sterling ($221.5 billion), or 10.9 percent of economic output in the last fiscal year.

German and British efforts to close their budget deficits -- or the yearly gap in government spending and revenue -- come after Spain and Portugal were ordered to toughen austerity programs to keep them from needing a bailout like Greece.

It is time that the American tax payer vote for individuals who will cut spending and control the federal, state, and local budgets.  The Boston Tea Party happened for a reason--now the Tea Party must reshape the political landscape.  Fire the President and members of Congress who do not want to control spending and put policies in place that will promote growth.  We as a nation do not need elected officials who want to take more of our money---we need politicians who will be fiscally responsible.

Congrats to the Navy Seal in his military trial who has been acquitted of abuse to a terrorist who killed Americans.  The Obama administration acted "stupid" in this case.  Obama is so intent on making peace with our enemy that he cannot provide American rights to our military.

The Navy Seal team was ordered to capture or kill the terrorist who killed several American contractors.  The terrorist said that the military member punched him and this was "mean".  They should have killed this guy.  With the Obama administration targeting our military and not the Muslim terrorists, our military will still do their job and may not take prisoners.

Support our military, not terrorists.

The Obama administration is giving a know terrorist who killed American citizens more rights than our brave members of the Navy Seals.  That's right---the Obama liberal justice system is going after five Navy Seals who captured a known and targeted terrorist.  What is wrong with this radical attack on our troops who have been given the mission of killing terrorists?  These five brave men captured this terrorist and hit him so they are now the bad guys?  They should have killed him.

The terrorist who was captured by the American Seal team killed Americans through an ambush in Fallujah , Iraq. Their bodies were dragged around in the streets of the city, then burned and hung from the upper trusses of a bridge. The murderers gathered to celebrate and have their photos taken with the trophy.

A Navy Seal team was formed to go after this terrorist and now are facing criminal charges because, somewhere along the timeline of his capture, the terrorist murderer suffered a school-yard fat lip, his captors are now being charged with nothing short of war crimes and facing discharge and imprisonment.

So, instead of celebration of justice served and heroes honored, these men are facing trial and prison because they hit a terrorist.

The mother of slain Blackwater guard Jerry Zovko drove from Ohio to give each of the accused SEALs a blessed rosary and lend them her support. "These young SEALs are in this situation because they caught the mastermind behind the death of my son (and others), and not only my son and his co-workers but also the marines who went into Fallujah after their death," said Donna Zovko. "I am very proud of these young SEALs and thankful to them. They did not do anything wrong."

I perceive more symptoms of a sickness, a corruption of the nation's heart and soul. I am tempted to label it 'liberalism' or 'progressivism', but those too are just symptoms of the infection. But this is nothing new, I recognized these symptoms four decades ago in the shameful treatment of our warriors returning from Vietnam, in the acceptance of Marines bombed in Beirut, in the ho-hum yawn of media coverage of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down), in the return to mental numbness after 9/11, prosecution of the Marines of Haditha, assault of recruiters across the country, anti-war protesters at the gates of Walter Reed Army Hospital...

Our nation must stand up and support our Navy Seals and demand that the Obama liberal justice system be stopped.  Our military must be supported in time of war or bring them home.  Better yet, we need to throw out this anti-American administration and put a real President in the White House who supports the values of our military and society.

What does the US and Iran have in common?  Citizens in both countries are fighting for their rights under oppressive central governments.

For months, citizens in Iran have been fighting the Islamic autocratic rule of their elected leaders.  Iran has had a quasi theocracy since the ouster of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in the Islamic Revolution of 1979. In June 2009, widespread protests over the results of a presidential election grew into the greatest challenge to its authority that the Shiite regime has faced. Thousands took to the streets before the demonstrations were suppressed through violence and mass arrests. On Aug. 5, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term through voter fraud.

He and the religiours leaders face a defiant opposition movement, and deep rifts within the conservative ruling elite.  Violent clashes between opposition protesters and government security forces erupted on Dec. 27, on the Shiite holy day of Ashura.  The protests were the bloodiest and among the largest since the uprisings that followed the disputed presidential election. Thirteen people were reported to have been killed and many more wounded in street battles in cities across the country between security forces and protesters, who fought back more fiercely than ever before.

In the United States. we (tax paying American citizens) are fed up with an out-of-control Congress and an administration that are forcing Socialist policies on our democracy.  The liberals in the House and Senate are spending money that increases our national debt, taking control of private businesses and our health care system, passing policies and regulations that are adverse to a free enterprise system, are not fighting terrorists, giving terrorists rights, allowing illegals into our country, and taxing us more to pay for socialist programs.

Americans are tired of these elected liberals who are destroying our country.  Recent events such as the Tea Party rallies and the elections in Virginia and New Jersey are examples of how much people are fed up with Congress and this administration.  People are afraid of this Congress and President taking away their individual rights and the rights of their states.  The federal government is too large and is seeking to become larger with autocratic policies. 

The average citizen in both Iran and the US are worried about the future of their countries with the leadership of their elected leaders.  In Iran it may take an armed uprising.  Is America far behind?  Can the US continue its peaceful transition of power when the people want a change?  Yes, we can.  We can do this in 2010 and 2012.

Iran is the # 1 enemy of the United States and the world.  For over 30 years, Iran has supported and exported terror around the world and against America. 

Iran supports terrorism in the below areas:
1.  Provides money, arms, IED material, and manpower to kill American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
2.  Provides support to Hezbollah with support to kill Israeli and American citizens
3.  Provides support to Hamas so they can kill Israeli citizens
4.  Has supported terrorists in airplane hijackings and bombings
5.  Is building nuclear weapons to expand their terrorist threats

The U.S. policy concerning Iran is weak and unrealistic.  Iran is still calling for the "Death to America" and is calling for the "destruction of Israel".  We must take them seriously and do more than just "engage" Iran with empty words.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai questioned the reliability of the United States as a partner Sunday, as he fought off criticism of his government's legitimacy following fraud-marred elections.  Is this because the US is demanding another election or his leadership over the last 8 years? 

Mr. Karzai's main challenger, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, warned in an interview with CNN that the U.S. strategy would not succeed without a credible partner in Kabul, blaming Mr. Karzai for deteriorating conditions.

But underscoring the political headache that Washington faces if Mr. Karzai wins a runoff against Mr. Abdullah next month, Mr. Karzai pointed the finger at the United States in a separate, pre-recorded CNN interview.  "Is the United States a reliable partner with Afghanistan? Is the West a reliable partner with Afghanistan?" Mr. Karzai asked. "Have we received the commitments that we were given? Have we been treated like a partner?"

Mr. Karzai said a partnership to him was "where the Afghan lives are respected, where Afghan property is respected, where the Afghan traditions are respected, where we know the direction we are moving to."

I would like to know what the leadership and people of Afghanistan have accomplished over the last 8 years in getting their county in line with a democracy?  Are the people still growing poppies, using graft to accomplish government work, and still have in-fighting?  Afghanistan has nothing to offer the US, except keeping the terrorist out of training bases.  Is it worth our billions of dollars, the lives of our soldiers, and our efforts?  It is time to either go after the terrorists without restrictions and kill them or get out? 

I know that the White House is asking that we "tattle" and turn in people in opposition to the President's policies. Who sounds "fishy" in the whole government-runs-everything programs?  Who reaaly needs to be turned in---members of Congress for not reading the bills and voting on socialist programs?  The President for pushing his far-left radical agenda?  The media for not reporting the facts and promoting the president?
 
The below letter can be written by many Americans who fear for their Country and the true American way of life.

I am turning myself in. I oppose the radical government control policies supported by President Obama and the left-wing Democrats in Congress.
 
I opposed the stimulus done by President Bush, the stimulus signed by President Obama, the omnibus bill with all its pork projects, the cap and trade bill passed by the House, and the "cash for clunkers" bill.  I oppose closing Guantanamo.  I think President Obama and his wife both promote racism since it helps their political agenda.  I believe that President Obama is not an honest man and I do not trust him to make decisions that are best for America.  I believe that he hides any information that does not make him look good and he lacks experience and leadership qualities.
 
I believe the recession is far from over as companies continue to fire employees because they cannot afford to hire them.  I believe the national debt and deficit will continue to grow as tax collections continue to fall and the numbers of people depending on government bailouts continue to  grow.  I blame the Obama policies supported by the House and Senate for this sad state of affairs in our country.  I don't see anything positive happening as a result of these policies.  I believe the economy would be well on the way to recovery if Obama had not jumped in and promoted uncontrolled spending and the House and Senate supported him.
 
I believe that President Obama puts union leaders ahead of the average American citizen.  I believe he received huge political contributions from the unions and he is paying them back by supporting them. I believe the unions were responsible for the downfall of the auto industry.
 
I question that anyone in DC really understands that the decisions they are making are wrong for growth and are taking this country down the wrong path.  I see no signs of change in DC so I have no hope that things will turn around until we get change. I believe the voters elected President Obama because they actually believed that he would turn the economy around and create jobs and make life better for all Americans.  That hope and change  seems to not be working too well. I pray that we do not give his ideas more time to work.  It could be too late to recover for years and years!
 
And I think that the proposed health care bill that he says he will pass, is one of the worst things that could happen to this counry.  I believe that Americans will have to wait in lines, get on waiting lists for surgeries, be refused medications they need due to high costs,  and that the elderly will not get the care they currently receive but will be made comfortable as they live their final years and days, with pain pills.  As I age I certainly don't want a government counselor working with me to make my final years and months easier.  I think that should be a good doctor and my family and friends. If it costs too much to keep me alive, that should be my decision, not the Obama Administration.
 
I believe that President Obama puts trial lawyers ahead of the average American citizen.  I believe he received huge political contributions from them.  He is against Tort reform.  The huge medical settlements make it necessary for all doctors to carry large amounts of insurance in case they are sued.  I believe that raises our medical costs.  I believe there should be limits placed on medical payouts due to law suits.  Obama is against limits and sides with the trial lawyers. (John Edwards, former presidential candidate, is a very rich trial lawyer and earned huge sums of money based on medical lawsuits.  His NC home is one of the largest private homes in the state.)
 
I believe the government will have access to private information regarding the finances of every American and that the government will be able to tap into the finances of American citizens to pay for health care.  The government will also be able to use this information to tax American citizens.  I believe that the Obama Administration is the "big brother" that we have dreaded all our lives.
 
Today I heard President Obama advising his supporters to get in the faces of those who disagree with him.  I have heard people in the administration saying that the people attending town hall meetings and speaking in opposition to health care, are members of gangs and are dressed too well to be real.  I have heard that these people are being bused in to the meetings by organized groups. I just heard an ad that calls those attending town hall meetings "angry mobs" and " rabid right wing extremists". 
 
When the govenment starts to criticize and make fun of protesters in town hall meetings, belittling them as thugs and gang members who are not acting on their own, that is a scary thing.  And when the president encourages people to get in the faces of protesters, that is scary.  What will be the next suggestion made by the president to control the protesters?  And how far will he go to silence the protesters? 
 
I have not been asked to write this e-mail.  I have not been encouraged to attend any town hall meetings.  No one has offered me money to protest against President Obama and the House and Senate members.  I am acting on my own. I have the ability to think for myself and believe that I can make the decisions best for me.  I plan to continue to speak up and let those around me, as well as Senator Hagan and Representative Kissell, know how I am reacting to what is going on.  I have never before been a political activist but I have never before seen government out of control as it is in 2009.  I will support those who oppose what is happening and I will speak out until our govenment starts behaving in a manner that will benefit our country.  I encourage the American people to speak out and attend town hall meetings and ask questions if they are concerned about their country.  We still have the right to speak out.
 
I am copying this e-mail to a lot of people.  They have to make up their own minds about how far they are willing to go to protect their own healthcare.  They have to decide if they are going to attend a town hall meeting.  I hope this e-mail will encourage them to speak out.  But I am not forcing anyone to agree with me. I am not threatening anyone.  I am angry but I am not a mob.  I consider myself a conservative, not a "rabid right wing extremist".
 
So, White House, I have officially tattled on myself and turned myself in..........How much trouble am I in?  How will you use this information against me? 

Can I save my Country from you--I will try.

Below are some of the items in the Obama Health Care Bill.  We as Americans cannot let this administration push this socialist system down our throats.  All members of Congress will be on notice that we do not want this bill and that we will vote you out of office.  Why are they rushing this bill through Congress like they have been doing since the Democrats took over the White House?  Is it that they do not want the American public to really see what they are proposing?


Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benes u get

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!


Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC Benefits 4 you. U have no choice!

PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided 2 ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise

Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a National ID Healthcard will b issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks accts 4 elect. funds transfer

PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans under Govt control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC plans in the Exchange

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration ur Healthcare!

PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs. Example - Translation 4 illegal aliens

Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps 2 sign up indiv. for Govt HC plan

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members - U Health care WILL b rationed

-PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will b automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice

pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monop

pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what u can make.

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt plan. NO CHOICE

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time employees AND their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k & above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k who doesnt prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt have acceptable HC accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from indiv. taxes. (Americans will pay)

Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access 2 ALL Americans finan/pers recs

PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician svcs 4 Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesnt matter what specialty u have, you'll all be paid the same

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr's time, prof judg, etc. Literally value of humans.

PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs

PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals 4 what Govt deems preventable readmissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admiss that results in a readmiss-Govt will penalize u.

Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can u say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates estab. of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2 Govt plan

Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl! WTF. My sis has down syndrome!!

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Cmtte. Can u say HC by phone?

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of life resources, guiding u in death

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4 orders 4 end of life. The Govt has a say in how ur life ends

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An "adv. care planning consult" will b used frequently as patients health deteriorates

PG 429 Lines 10-12 "adv. care consultation" may incl an ORDER 4 end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will have at end of life

Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt in2 ur marriage

Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining, creating, rationing those svcs

Here's the full Health Care bill that sits in the House.

The below is from a member of the Heritage Foundation and is a good analysis of the Obama budget.  This budget plan will not be good for our country.  We will be in debt for generations.

Obama's eight bogus budget arguments

Brian M. Riedl

President Obama has proposed a historic expansion of spending, taxes and debt. His budget would increase real spending from $25,000 per household to $32,000 per household by 2019. It would raise taxes by $1.4 trillion. And it would double the national debt - a staggering $9.3 trillion in new borrowing.

A master communicator, the president employs clever rhetoric to defend his tax-borrow-and-spend budget. Unfortunately, this rhetoric fluctuates between misleading and false. Here are eight of his bogus budget arguments:

Assertion No. 1: "I pledged to cut the deficit in half" by 2013.

Fact: The president doesn't mention that the deficit has quadrupled this year. Merely cutting it in half from that bloated level would still leave budget deficits twice as high as under President Bush. This is like eating a 5,000 calorie meal, and then pledging to halve your calories from that level.

Furthermore, three upcoming developments - the end of the recession, troop pullout in Iraq, and phase-out of the supposedly temporary "stimulus" spending - would, by themselves, cut the budget deficit in half.

Despite Mr. Obama's talk of "inheriting" President Bush's $1.2 trillion deficit for 2009, then-Sen. Obama supported nearly all the policies that created the deficit. That deficit estimate has surged to $1.8 trillion since his inauguration. And when the recession ends, Mr. Obama would still run $1 trillion deficits - compared with President Bush's $162 billion deficit immediately before this recession.

Assertion No. 2: "We have already identified $2 trillion in savings over the next decade."

Fact: Savings relative to what? The president first creates a fantasy baseline that assumes the Iraq surge continues forever (which was never U.S. policy), and then "saves" $1.5 trillion against that baseline by ending the surge as scheduled. It's like a family "saving" $10,000 by first assuming an expensive vacation and then not taking it.

Another $1 trillion in "savings" is actually tax increases. Government savings used to mean spending cuts that save taxpayer dollars. In the Obama White House, they mean tax increases that feed the government.

Assertion No. 3: "If your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime."

Fact: This is patently false. The president has already signed into law a 61-cent cigarette tax increase. His budget proposes a $646 billion cap-and-trade tax that would be passed onto households at an average cost of $600 to $2,000 annually.

Assertion No. 4: New spending is "temporary" to fight recession.

Fact: Does anyone believe Mr. Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will allow stimulus bill expansions, including Pell Grants, food stamps and "make-work pay," to expire? The president's own budget already extends several expensive stimulus provisions. Overall, his budget would create the largest peacetime government in American history by 2019. There is nothing temporary about it.

Assertion No. 5: Economic "day of reckoning" was caused by a lack of liberal social policies.

Fact: Mr. Obama claims that the current economic day of reckoning partially resulted from current health care, education and energy policies, and that enacting his tax-and-spend reforms are the solution. Nonsense. The recession was caused by a financial crisis brought on by a housing bubble.

To argue that national health care, energy taxes and education spending would have prevented this recession (they didn't save Europe from the same financial calamities) or may prevent the next is simply to use a financial crisis to shove an unrelated big-government agenda down the throats of recession weary Americans. Or, as White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel succinctly put it, "to never let a crisis go to waste."

Assertion No. 6: "A return to honest budgeting"

Fact: Mr. Obama deserves credit for reversing Mr. Bush's policy of not budgeting for the Alternative Minimum Tax patch, the global war on terrorism, and future unanticipated emergencies.

But the Obama budget has large gimmicks, too. In addition to the $1.5 trillion Iraq "savings" trick described above, the president ignores the economic consensus and assumes an economic boom will begin next January. His budget assumes that he will allow most of the "stimulus" spending to expire. The president also assumes that - after a 7 percent increase next year - real discretionary spending will be frozen for the following nine years. Finally, he simply excludes the cost of his massive health plan from his budget totals. These gimmicks lowball the 2019 budget deficit by more than $500 billion.

Assertion No. 7: A new direction from Mr. Bush's "deep fiscal irresponsibility"

Fact: For all his criticisms of Mr. Bush's economic policies, Mr. Obama is actually accelerating many of them. Mr. Bush engaged in a massive spending spree, with large financial bailouts and big deficits; Mr. Obama's budget proposes an even bigger spending spree, more financial bailouts, and larger budget deficits. Mr. Bush had the Medicare drug entitlement; Mr. Obama has a massive health plan. Mr. Obama isn't rejecting Bushism, he's doubling down on it.

Assertion No. 8: Agenda reflects "hard choices."

Fact: The president titled his budget "A New Era of Responsibility." Yet promising voters huge new federal subsidies - paid for by doubling the national debt - isn't exactly a profile in courage. Instead, it is the most fiscally irresponsible budget in American history. To propose dumping $74,000 per household of new debt into the laps of our children and grandchildren is economic child abuse.

• Brian M. Riedl is a Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs at the Heritage Foundation.