Why the Obama spending freeze equals one ice cube

Published February 1, 2010 5:00am ET



To their credit, more than a few Mainstream Media outlets are reporting that President Obama’s proposed spending freeze is likely to be of marginal value because it only applies to a portion of discretionary spending, and that the big spending programs of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and others, are exempted.

But that doesn’t really convey just how minsculue is the likely impact of the Obama spending freeze. Leave it to Political Math to figure a way to make it crystal clear with a YouTube video, which you can view below:

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