You can disagree or agree with what's being proposed, in whole or in part, but a freeze built on the big spending increases that occurred in 2010 in the budget and the stimulus bill (ARRA)are not "Hooverism." They are not what McCain or other Republicans proposed in early 2009 when they were fighting against ARRA and the proposed budget increases.
Below the fold, an excerpt from the current AP story.
The spending freeze would apply to a relatively small portion of the federal budget, affecting a $477 billion pot of money available for domestic agencies whose budgets are approved by Congress each year. Some of those agencies could get increases, others would have to face cuts; such programs got an almost 10 percent increase this year. The federal budget total was $3.5 trillion.
The three-year plan will be part of the budget Obama will submit Feb. 1, senior administration officials said, commenting on condition of anonymity to reveal private details.
The Pentagon, veterans programs, foreign aid and the Homeland Security Department would be exempt from the freeze.
The savings would be small at first, perhaps $10 billion to $15 billion, one official said. But over the coming decade, savings would add up to $250 billion.
link to AP story
I'm sorry, but when gross exaggeration and hyperbole get posted as diaries and then front-paged, somebody's gotta say: "Hey wait a minute..."
Quick update from WaPo courtesy of a commenter below:
It would not restrain funding for the $787 billion economic stimulus package Obama pushed through Congress early last year, nor would it apply to a new bill aimed at creating jobs, which Democrats have identified as their top priority in the run-up to November's congressional elections.