February 5, 2010 11:29AM 

# This Week in Government Failure 

By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) 

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Over at [Downsizing Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this week:

- Will Obama’s [deficits](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/deficit-prognostications) turn out to be as low-balled as Bush’s?
- Obama blames Bush for his problems, but his [new budget](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/obamas-budget-worse-bush) is worse.
- Obama’s budget would kill the Constellation program, but his [budget still goes to the moon](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/obama-budget-still-goes-moon).
- The [Federal Housing Administration](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/fha-bailout-watch) bailout watch continues.
- There’s nothing “[fiscally responsible](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/kent-conrad-and-fiscal-federalism)” about Sen. Kent Conrad.
- The government **is** creating jobs — [*federal* *government jobs*](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/the-government-is-creating-jobs).

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