Dec. 13, 2012: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio accuses President Barack Obama of not being serious about cutting government spending during a news conference on Capitol Hill.AP John Boehner held a press conference Thursday, at which he accused President Obama for "just not being serious about cutting spending."

Here’s what the GOP should be talking about: our ever-increasing spending. For the first two months of the current fiscal year, federal spending is up 16%. No one has broadcast that figure -- and it is a stunner. Because spending is up more than revenues, which have climbed 10 % so far this fiscal year, our budget deficit is higher – by 25% -- than a year ago. That’s right—higher. Even as President Obama claims to have cut spending,