Obama Hosts Townhall Meeting For Ideas On Spending

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Facing ballooning spending and cratering deficits for as far as Steve Austin's bionic eye can see, President Barack Obama hosted a townhall meeting to ask common Americans for help.

"My fellow Americans, we can't mortgage our childrens' future with our uncontrolled public sector budget deficit," Obama addressed the crowd. "And we're asking you for help."

Bob Durban, of Savannah, Georgia, was the first to make a suggestion.

"I'm not a financial genius, but wouldn't it be smart to, I don't know, stop spending," said Durban. "You know just stop spending."

"Oh, OK," said Obama. "Like that. Stop spending on defense. Got it. Writing it down."

"No. I mean, stop spending on everything," said Durban.

"OK. Adding... stop spending on everything in the defense sector," Obama said, jotting down in a notebook. "Nice touch. Anyone else?"

Joan Artings, of Columbus, Oh, stood up.

"I think it's not a good idea to introduce new programs that might cost hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions," said Artings. "Like health care."

Obama began writing again, "The... Audacity... of... hope. OK. There. It's as good as started."

"But that's not what I said," she said.

"I agree. Change. Change we can believe in."

Walter Tomans raised his hand.

"If we want to stop people from drinking we raise the drinking tax. If we want them to stop smoking, we raise the taxes on cigarettes," said Tomans. "Why raise the income tax during a recovering economy?"

"You know, that's pretty profound," said Obama. "Luckily, my friends in the media will edit it out. Change."

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