It certainly seems like a step in the right direction. Half of the cuts is non-defense. If only the defense cuts would include Condi's (NSA) and Rummie's pensions. Obama proposes to save $17 billion in 2010 - May. 6, 2009 How does the right resolve the cognitive dissonance induced by a Democrat reducing the size of a Republican's government (remember, while stimulus increased government's reach, it did not substantially increase its size other than hiring more regulators)?