Obama to Freeze Pay for Most Federal Workers for 2 Years

From the NY Times:

President Obama plans to announce a two-year pay freeze for civilian federal workers later Monday morning, according to an administration official, the latest White House move intended to demonstrate concern over sky-high deficit spending.

Here's an idea: if you're really worried about deficit spending - QUIT SPENDING!!!!

And what a weirdly (or very carefully) worded sentence: "the latest White House move intended to demonstrate concern over sky-high deficit spending..." Further evidence that it's all about the show, not about substance with this administration. If you're really concerned, you don't demonstrate your concern - you do something about it. Freezing spending does nothing. Keeping it at the level that's breaking the bank now isn't a solution. Reducing your overhead and expenses (if income will remain constant) or increasing income (if expenses cannot be cut any further) or a combination of the two is the way to reduce debt, whether it be a household debt or the debt of a nation.

Geez- how is it that millions of Americans can understand this, but the asshats running the country can't figure this out?

And on another note, this is a move that is sure to please absolutely no one. Those 2.1 million federal employees are going to be pissed. And considering that a full 66 percent of Americans favor cutting the federal payroll by 10%, not actually making any real cuts at all isn't going to fly, either.

And then, there's this:

The president’s proposal will effectively wipe out plans for a 1.4 percent across-the-board raise for 2.1 million civilian federal government employees in 2011 and 2012.

Is it me, or does Obama just seem to be floundering around like a fish on the bottom of a boat?