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Is Obama a Big Spender?

By Jeff Speakes
Tuesday Jun 5, 2012

The Obama Administration has seized upon a recent article in MarketWatch by Rex Nutting (here) that purports to show that federal spending growth under President Obama is the lowest of any Administration since Dwight D. Eisenhower. Press Secretary Carney and the President have glommed onto this story with abandon, arguing that the President is, by… Read more