This article published in the NY Times is writer Ben Stein's thoughts on Obama's picks for administration positions along with his line by line spending reduction for day one. Stein feels as though going through the budget line by line is not only impossible because of the length of this document, but feels that a reduction in spending in an economic time like this could be dangerous. He compares Obama to Jimmy Carter, and how he went line by line and not only wasted a lot of his time as leader but also had results that nobody wants to repeat. Stein was also concerned with the reduction in military spending because "It’s important to weigh how dangerous a world we live in before reducing funds for an already inadequate military." Based on my understanding our military is far from inadequate, and still is the only super power in the world. Of course, there have been assumptions made of the balance of power theory and how China, Brazil or another up and coming nation will soon take over as super power of the world. But don't we already dump more money into military programs than any other nation by a large margin? The military is causing our national debt to become greater and greater everyday, with about $12 billion going to Iraq each month. As for Stein's feeling of Obama picking a no-change possible administration, I think Obama is the one is going to be setting the tone. By putting previous Clinton and one Bush member in his office I think they will be relied on for their experience and not looked to for leadership. Obama will be the one shaping where our country is headed and hopefully the experiences of these administration members will be able to advice Obama in the best ways to get this done.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/business/30every.html?_r=1&ref=politics
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