7/03/2009

Colin Powell worries that Obama is expanding government too much

From the Washington Times:

"I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them," Mr. Powell said in an excerpt of an interview with CNN's John King, released by the network Friday morning.

Mr. Powell, a retired U.S. army general who rose to political prominence after a long and accomplished military career, said that health care reform and many of Mr. Obama's other initiatives are "important" to Americans.

But, he said, "one of the cautions that has to be given to the president -- and I've talked to some of his people about this -- is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all."

"And we can't pay for it all," said Mr. Powell, who was the first African-American to serve as secretary of state, under former President George W. Bush. He was also national security adviser to President Reagan, and was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. . . . .

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2 Comments:

Blogger JohnK said...

Colin Powell has become as irrelevant as Jesse Jackson.

Who cares what he thinks?

7/04/2009 12:02 AM  
Blogger Martin G. Schalz said...

How, praytell, has he become irrelevant?

I fail to see how.

7/05/2009 1:25 PM  

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