Monday, October 24, 2011

Barack Obama: Then and Now

Interesting quote I found today from President Obama while he was a Senator:

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of
leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006

He was dead-on when he said this. How come he isn't following his own advice five years later?

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