This weekend's G-20 summit included many world leaders...and President Barack Obama. The American president has voluntarily relinquished his leader status, at least on economic matters, by clinging to the liberal tax and spend, big government model that has failed or is failing in virtually every country that has tried it.

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For the past year President Obama and his Congressional accomplices have increased government spending by trillions of dollars, tried to increase it by trillions more and through it all proudly acknowledged their ability to spend the taxpayers' money at will. Now after losing their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and therefore the ability to pass virtually any spending measure they want, things are changing. No, they won't stop trying to spend our money on their job killing, deficit raising pet projects. But they will change what they say while they're doing it. If the president has his way, the American taxpayers are still going to get screwed but evidently now he'll take more time explaining why.

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As a political blogger, President Obama has given me an abundance of gifts this year - so many mishandled situations, bad decisions and flawed legislation to write about. So as the season of gift giving is nearing its climactic conclusion, I give you The 12 Days Of Christmas During The Obama Administration:

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Today President Obama proposed a multi-billion dollar government investment in community colleges. He wants $12 billion of taxpayer money to be spent on the two year institutions to train more people for "the jobs of the future" and address dropout rates. (source) Here's a thought: let’s concentrate on jobs of the present and stop creating an environment that encourages students to drop out of school.

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Imagine a typical American family. Dad takes out a second mortgage on the house, a home equity loan, borrows against his life insurance and when he runs out of cash and credit holds up a few banks, steals some cars and gambles away the last of the proceeds on a long shot at the track. Mom gladly co-signs all the necessary loan paperwork, drives the getaway car for the stick-ups and stands beside Dad cheering on the nag as it comes in dead last. The next day Dad suddenly tells Mom she can no longer use her credit cards and should manage the household expenses within their means. Think Dad finally came to his senses and realized the error of his ways? Nah, Dad goes to the seedy part of town to meet with a loan shark.

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