I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a brilliant person and I cannot solve our country’s money problems by any means. However, as a teenage girl who enjoys shopping as much as the next, I pride myself on knowing a thing or two about saving the almighty dollar. I know that to save money, you simply don’t spend money. So it stands to reason that the way to decrease our national debt is not to spend more money.

The world is in debt. More importantly, our very own country is in debt. And every second the country slips further. The United States of America is trillions of dollars in the hole. For those of you who can’t picture how big that number is, a trillion has 12 zeros. It’s safe to say that practically no one will ever see that kind of money in several lifetimes. But don’t worry, the President has a plan.

President Obama has sworn up and down numerous times that he will cut the national deficit in half by the end of his term. Instead, he has already increased that deficit. So much for not spending. His plan to bring the nation back to fiscal stability lies in his $825 billion stimulus package and the price keeps climbing. To me, that doesn’t sound like his plan is working.

The savings that the President has spoken of are most certainly not from cutting spending. He is not by any means trying to conserve his own spending as he flies around the world over and over again on the taxpayer’s tab. No, the $1 trillion the President
speaks of that is being ‘saved’ is from increasing taxes and overall taking more money out of citizen’s pockets that could be better spent by them on heat or food. The average American cannot afford more taxes.

Just recently, President Obama flew out to St. Charles High School to deliver an address about the health care reform. I don’t see why that couldn’t have been spoken from the plush Oval Office for much cheaper than plane fare and security detail worthy of a president. By no means does this look like the actions of a man trying to conserve money. I don’t see why the Obama family gets to live the big life when the rest of the country is nearing poverty. The President’s plan is failing in my book. Hypocritical spending from the leaders isn’t helping the President’s agenda of saving money. The government should save money by actually saving money, not getting more money from other people who can’t afford that burden.