Obama Shuns Use of ‘Spending’ in Budget

President Obama’s budget message shuns the word “spending,” McClatchy reports.

“He refers to proposed new spending most often as ‘investing,’ as in investing in children or teachers or national defense. He also prefers to say his budget ‘provides’ things, such as child care. In his budget message to Congress, he uses some form of the word ‘invest’ 18 times. He uses some form of the word ‘provide’ 7 times. He uses a variation of the word ‘spend’ just three times, and none to describe his proposals.”

“A budget fact sheet sent out by the White House has a similar trend: 52 references to investing, 28 to providing, and just 6 to spending.”