President Obama presented his budget yesterday and at his press conference we saw the ‘performance’ we have learned to expect from him.  There can be variations in the subject matter, but the form of the speech, in brief, goes something like this:

The body posture is erect.  The manner is self-assured.  With his chin raised, he pans the room, gazing above the crowd in an imperious manner.  He pauses for dramatic effect.  We are lucky to be in his presence as he imparts his wisdom from on high.  He speaks:

I am here to announce a bold new initiative.  We need to expand the size and scope of government in these ways ______________.  This will help everyone.  All the experts agree with me that this is a good idea.  All reasonable people agree with me.

There are some backward extremist people who don’t agree with me.  They don’t care about people like I do.  They just care about rich people who do not pay their fair share at all and are taking advantage of you.  I am going to take money from those rich people to pay for this expansion of government power.

The teleprompter provides a customized version of this speech everywhere this performer appears.  The speech is usually full of bold lies.  You can get the flavor of the lies and demagoguery in yesterday’s performance with these clips from the speech:

…here’s a clear and unassailable fact: our deficits are already falling.Over the past two years, I’ve signed legislation that will reduce our deficits by more than $2.5 trillion — more than two-thirds of it through spending cuts and the rest through asking the wealthiest Americans to begin paying their fair share.

My budget will reduce our deficits by nearly another $2 trillion, so that all told we will have surpassed the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction…

Our deficits are falling at the fastest pace in years.

But if we’re serious about deficit reduction…

When it comes to deficit reduction, I’ve already met Republicans more than
halfway.  So in the coming days and weeks, I hope that Republicans will come
forward and demonstrate that they’re really as serious about the deficits and
debt as they claim to be.

 [Because the numbers in the budget do not work and the document is filled with smoke and mirrors, the President closed with...]  “The numbers work.  There’s not a lot of smoke and mirrors in here.”

In addition to the press conference, the President sent a letter to Congress about his budget.  The letter further illustrates his willingness to misrepresent the facts.  Some excerpts:

[My budget]  implements the Affordable Care Act, giving every American access to the high-quality, affordable health care coverage they deserve, and reducing the deficit by more than $1 trillion…  [It is probably difficult for him to suppress laughter at this statement.]

The Budget does all of these things as part of a comprehensive plan that reduces the deficit.

…these initiatives and ideas are fully paid for, to ensure they do not increase the deficit by a single dime.

…we have moved aggressively to cut waste, fraud, and abuse.

 …we have begun to ask the wealthy to do their fair share  ….so the wealthiest pay their fair share    …so millionaires and billionaires do their fair share to cut the deficit.

Finally, this Budget continues my commitment to reforming and streamlining our Government    …targeting and eliminating wasteful spending wherever we find it.

But this Budget shows how we can live within our means.

Can we agree that this man is either detached completely from the real world or is confident that his imperial schtick will will continue to snooker about half the population.  It may be a combination of the two.

The Obama budget increases the rate of government spending.  It continues the wild growth of government and expands 79 welfare programs. It increases the deficit. And it calls for a trillion dollars in economy-damaging tax increases.  Like his previous budgets, this budget makes it clear that this President has no intention of slowing the growth of government.

REALITY