Will the tough budget deficit decisions be made?

So agnostic definition is something the Google searchers wants to know today. It probably doesn’t have anything to do with religion, as the word is usually applied in that context. It does have other uses, though. Courtesy of the New York Times Word of the Day, heres a snapshot:

agnostic ag-ns-tik, ?g- noun and adjective

noun:someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
noun:a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
adjective:of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
adjective:uncertain of all claims to knowledge

The Obama budget: endless cash loan or lesson in vocabulary?

The Swamp recently ran an article with the headline Obama agnostic about deficit solutions. Getting the tremendous federal deficit under control could easily lead to higher taxes for the middle class, but Obama has vowed not to do this. Rather than grab for that all-too-obvious political theology, hes remaining agnostic and waiting for new ideas.

No new taxes, no new cuts?

Obama told the press we cant simply cut our way out of this problem.” Tax increases and cuts in Social Security and Medicare might be where Obama goes, but he didn’t give Bloomberg any definitive answers. Again, hes remaining agnostic, as politicians are wont to do when the cameras are running.

Must remain non-committal

I understand political gamesmanship. I also understand that repairing something as large as our national debt is a tremendously complex task. Obamasproposed budget cuts it down to $ 1.267 trillion, which improves on the $ 1.56 projection, but he’s looking at $ 727 billion by 2013! Remaining agnostic wont get you very far, as tough decisions will have to be made right away to meet a 2013 deadline. The recession has made things harder, and people are harder up for cash loans than in a while. Make a decision and stick with it.