The President asked to raise the debt ceiling and the minority party in the Senate was obstreperous. One senator stood to address that august body thusly:
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.
I could hardly put it better myself. Who is this wise senator who speaks out against reckless fiscal policies, a debt that weakens America and places a heavy burden on future generations? Why, that would be Senator Barack Obama in 2006. What a difference a few years make.
I could hardly put it better myself. Who is this wise senator who speaks out against reckless fiscal policies, a debt that weakens America and places a heavy burden on future generations? Why, that would be Senator Barack Obama in 2006. What a difference a few years make.
If Obama were Republican, this quote would be thrown at him or his Press Secretary every day. Instead, the media is blissfully unaware of it.
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