This headline is so misleading...

Obama to seek spending freeze, more aid to middle class

Sounds like Obama is seeking to freeze aid to middle class

That is not what he is doing, but some will read it as such without going further.

Here is a snip and link to the rest of the story...

Obama to seek spending freeze, more aid to middle class
His first State of the Union speech will outline plans to cut the federal deficit and provide tax credits and other relief to middle-class families, students and workers.

To counter the soaring federal deficit, which polls show is a major factor in voters' discontent, Obama will announce that the budget blueprint he files next week will contain a "hard freeze" on discretionary spending that lasts through 2013, an effort his advisors liken to the fiscal discipline average families impose on themselves every day.

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden unveiled the outlines of their relief package for the middle class at a White House meeting Monday.

Under the proposals, the child-care tax credit would be nearly doubled for families earning less than $85,000, federal student loan repayments would be capped at a lower level, employers would be required to offer automatic payroll deductions for retirement accounts, and financing would be increased for families caring for elderly relatives.

"None of these steps alone will solve all the challenges facing the middle class," Obama said. "But hopefully some of these steps will reestablish some of the security that's slipped away in recent years. Because in the end, that's how Joe and I measure progress -- not by how the markets are doing, but by how the American people are doing. It's about whether they see some progress in their own lives."

The State of the Union, delivered to a joint session of Congress, will also address the stubbornly high unemployment rate, aides said, as well as key foreign policy goals and new proposals to improve transparency in government. The White House said the speech was still being written and it did not make details on those initiatives available Monday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-obama-middle-class26-2010jan26,0,3122779.story?track=ntothtml

...So I guess your argument stands.

Shit.