President Obama Sets Rules on Ethics and Transparency

Finally someone getting the picture. Seems O is in the right direction. At least on things seen in the public eye..

Lots of money going out as well, but need to capitalize a business/country when it goes into bankruptcy. Or start over and capitalize. Seems we have a mix of the both..

you people are so gullible and blind..and history illiterate..HAHAHAHAHA....
just wait fools, just wait....hahahaha

President Obama's pay freeze is a camouflage to make the American people he is actually doing something in relation to the pain of Americans. Wealthy people are out of touch with mainstream America. And, even though he is new to wealth he has already forgotten what it was like to be middle income and he has never lived in poverty.

He and his cabinet and his deputy directors should work for $1.00 a year until the economic crisis is over. The Congress should work for $1.00 a year unless they are new members just elected this year. All of them, across the board, should freeze their pension plans and actually consider giving back a percentage of their pension to the budget based on their years of service. The more service, the more they give back, i.e., a higher percentage returned to the American people.

Wake up America and march on Washington to end the charade.

Is Obama going to freeze his salary, what about the rest of the government workers, what about the Congress (yea right they would do that). What is good for one is good for all.

Same with the lobbyist rule, come on, no exceptions.

Exceptions are just same old Washington.

I'm still in shock. I voted against President Obama, but I am not unhappy my candidate lost, at least so far. People with over $100,000 salaries can afford a pay freeze more than I can. It's about time! I hope this shames the Congress into taking a pay cut and actually start working for the people's salary they are paid. Thomas Jefferson said, "When the government is afraid of the people you will have Liberty. When the people are afraid of the government you will have tyranny." I was proud of this election. I saw a turnout I never saw before. It was the American people exercising their right to vote, and regardless of platforms, the people voted in the person they wanted. Although I hated the media for the blind siding of issues and focusing on glam, glitz, celebrity treatment, and outright one sided harasssment. Can I hope President Obama really understands he was elected by the people to serve the people and truly set an example of democracy? Does the President truly understand the power of the people? More important do we the people understand our power and finally demand our liberty, freedom, and representation we pay for with money and blood? We have the power to take back our democracy. It is our power.

Well, seems like Obama is keeping his word after all! He's pretty serious. Whoa, Whoa! Now that's what I'm talking about! Go Obama!

So, let's start with (in this order):
1. Who/Where did the TARP funds go?
2. Audit the FED!
3. Audit the IRS? (Show me the law the requires me to pay federal income tax).
4. New 911 investigation using a special council.

Actions speak LOUDER than words!
We'll see won't we.

I love it when someone finally gets into office that shakes things up and doesn't hesitate to do it. Obama is starting off on the right foot. Maybe he should freeze Congressional pay too.

Most Republicans = haters

Your party lost by more that 50% of the votes, Americans have seen though your hate and scare tactics and spoke up. We know you would have tried to still the election if it was close, but we the American People, of all the parties Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike voted for Obama. We all are tired of the stupid crap in Washington, the Good ol Boy network has to go, We need a goverment that works for the people all of the people not just the one that can $$$$$$$$$$$ pay for it. .If you put lipstick on a pig it is still a pig.

"Thats what I am thinking. Political pander that ultimately doesnt matter to the budget but it does impact the staffers budgets."

Its called leading by example. It is not about the amount of dollars saved.

As for your concerns(which are far from sincere) about staffer budgets that is the reason the pay freeze was limited to those making in excess of $100K.

I find the pay freezes a good example to all those in the public service until we can improve the economy.
And wouldn't it be wonderful if we copied the Japanese and other countries that limit the pay of the top executive of a company to 15 times the pay of the lowest waged worker?
Think how much less expensive everything you buy would be.

The President should lead the way by
withdrawing Geithner from
consideration as Treasury Secretary!
Despite the fact that the
"good old boys" on the Senate Finance
Committee just passed his nomination
through for a full Senate vote, he
should be withdrawn by the president.
We cannot have a man who either does not know the tax code or deliberately
evaded taxes in charge of the IRS!
Stop the Politics Mr President and
choose a taxpayer not a tax evader as
Treasury Secretary!

Ted, get your facts straight. Obama actually made his Birth Certificate available to the people of FactCheck last year before the election. They took and posted actual pictures of it, not scanned in copies as well as his birth announcement.

He never would have made it this far if he wasn't a natural born citizen. You, and everyone like you, really need to LET IT GO.

Take the test.

FIRST QUESTION: Who IS the actual and lawful 44th President of the USA?

ANSWER: Joe Biden

Biden was initially the Acting President for at least 5 minutes under either the Constitution’s Article 2 or the Constitution’s 20th Amendment, from 12:00 Noon 1/20/09, having already taken his Oath of Office and before Obama completed his ‘oath’ at approximately 12:05 PM, 1/20/09. Under the 20th Amendment if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, or alternatively under Article 2 if the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term, being 12:00 Noon 1/20/09, which ability and/or qualification includes that he take the Article 2 oath “before he enter on the execution of his office,” then either the Presidency shall devolve on the Vice President under Article 2 or the Vice President shall act as President under the 20th Amendment. (The importance of the oath in ‘commencing’ an ‘Obama Presidency’ — rather than merely the 1/20/09 Noon time — is confirmed by the re-take of the ‘oath’ by Obama at the White House on 1/21/09 after the first ‘oath’ was NOT administered by Justice Roberts NOR recited by Obama in the words as required under Article 2.)

This is significant because at such time that the Supreme Court finally rules on the merits on Obama’s disqualification as not being an Article 2 “natural born citizen” (clearly he is NOT), Biden’s automatic status (without needing to take a separate Presidential Oath) of being President would be predicated upon four different bases: First, having been Vice President under Article 2; second, having been Vice President-elect under the 20th Amendment; third, having been actual President in the hiatus before Obama took the ‘oath(s)’; and fourth, retroactively deemed President during the full period of the Obama usurpation so that the acts of the Federal Government under the usurpation can be deemed authorized and/or ratified by Biden’s legitimacy.

SECOND QUESTION: Who will be the 45th President?

ANSWER: Hillary Clinton

One must assume that Bill and Hillary Clinton have been aware of all of the above. Biden’s wife recently “let the cat out of the bag” on the Oprah Show that both Biden and Hillary had considered alternatively Veep or Secretary of State, in either case, setting up Hillary to be President on a vote of the Democratic Congress if need be.

THIRD QUESTION: Is Obama an unwitting victim of this troika or a knowing participant?

ANSWER: Yet undetermined.

He can begin by showing a true vault copy of his birth certificate proving he's natural born citizen and therefore qualified to be POTUS.

"The raises were not extravagant, about 3% to 4%.

Money saved would take more time to calculate but I would guess it would be around $250K to $350K(guessing roughly 80-90 staffers making 100K+ x $3000 to $4000 raise)"

Thats what I am thinking. Political pander that ultimately doesnt matter to the budget but it does impact the staffers budgets.

Republicans are getting smaller and more insignificant by the moment. Ah good times are coming.

It's official: Obama did more in a single day than Bush did in eight years.

Who owns the Federal Reserve?

You want transparency?

Then start with the Federal Reserve and work your way down through the various bribes made by lobbing groups such as the ACLU to politicians.