New Government Website

In keeping with his propensity to launch new .gov websites (e.g. change.gov, recovery.gov, sigtarp.gov) President Obama has launched a new website where he can share some ideas that he knows won’t pass any Congress (Democrat or Republican) no matter how sound those ideas might be. It’s called  AprilFools.gov. He includes ideas that are possible but not very likely, such as nominating cabinet picks without tax problems but the really depressing list is found among the ideas listed under “Impossible” –

• The Senate refusing to confirm cabinet nominees because of tax (or similar) problems. (Note that those nominees who were not confirmed all withdrew before a vote was ever taken.)
• Balancing the budget for one month.
• Ending government waste.
• Lowering real taxes on the middle class. (He’s proposed it, but he seems to know and accept that it won’t survive the Congerssional budgeting process.)