President Barack Obama is trying to push through yet another “emergency” spending bill.  According to The Washington Post,

President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid “massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters” and to support the still-fragile economic recovery.

In a letter to congressional leaders, Obama defended last year’s huge economic stimulus package, saying it helped break the economy’s free fall, but argued that more spending is urgent and unavoidable. “We must take these emergency measures,” he wrote in an appeal aimed primarily at members of his own party.

For a president who claims to be serious about deficit reduction, he sure has a funny way of showing it.  Even the party faithful are having a tough time swallowing this one:  ”I think there is spending fatigue,” House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said recently.  ”It’s tough in both houses to get votes.”  However, if this weren’t an election year I have no doubt that Hoyer would be leading the charge for additional spending.  How many “emergency” spending bills has this president pushed through Congress?

I thought this was the analytical president.  An effective leader will analyze his/her choices and make adjustments accordingly–based on the efficacy of earlier decisions.  Mr. Obama cannot spend his way out of this recession.  His Keynesian policies are only exacerbating the recession and laying the foundation for another downturn.  We’re all going to be in a world of hurt when the other shoe drops–the shoe being our $13 trillion national debt.  That is the real emergency, Mr. President.