Obama appoints powerless debt commission so he doesn't have to do anything

Whenever Obama doesn't want to deal with a problem, he signs an executive order appointing a commission to "examine" it. Last week he created a commission to tackle the $14.3 trillion national debt racked up by his massive spending spree. The commission will spend eight months talking about the debt before making recommendations. The president then may or may not hand these recommendations to Congress who then may or may not do something.

When Obama wanted to socialize the health care sector or create a cap-and-tax energy system, he didn't create a useless commission. He told Congress to ram legislation through immediately. If Obama actually cared about reducing his debt, he could start by cutting up his proposed budget of more than $3 trillion. But instead he'll create a commission, allowing him to ignore the issue for another year.