Posted on 03/31/2012 1:45:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama: Government 'made this country great' byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer
President Obama attacked Republicans for their desire to cut the government spending that "made this country great," while also faulting them for failing to "balance the budget."
Obama said that Republicans have "one message and that is, we're going to make sure that we cut people's taxes even more -- so that by every objective measure our deficit is worse and we will slash government investments that have made this country great," he argued, "not because it's going to balance the budget, but because it's driven by our ideological vision about how government should be. That's their agenda, pure and simple."
The president should avoid attacking budgets for failing to balance. Senate Democrats have refused to propose a budget of any kind in over 1,000 days. President Obama's budget included $3.6 trillion in new spending this year. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., proposed a plan to balance the budget in five years. The Republican Study Committee has also proposed a plan to balance the budget in five years.
"This president is completely irresponsible," Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., told The Washington Examiner in a discussion of Obama's budgetary policies. "He's been in office three years. The problems that are facing us, that have us on the edge of the cliff -- he's avoided. It's a cowardly thing to do as a world leader not to address the big problems . . . I really think it's disgraceful."
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The American citizen made this country Great.
This guy is an ignorant moron.
LIMITED government made country great.
Otherwise the USSR, Nazi Germany, and Imperial Japan would be preeminent in the world.
One would think that that fact would make a good campaign issue.
I get so tied of government spending now referred to an ‘investment”.
Freedom, free enterprise, work ethic... there are a thousand other things I would list before “government.”
Obama believes the nasty, incompetent Motor Vehicle Department Clerk or degenerate, corrupt Chicago Machine democrat party politician is what made America great.
I say it is the farmer, the entrepreneur, the small business owner.
Spoken like a true socialist..
Creep.
Barry Soetoro once again shows his ignorance of American history. The idiot is clueless.
Did you secretly write this?
One day 0bama will return to hell from where he came.
What a thoroughly disgusting POS.
Obama - Butt Sniffer and Scourage in Chief. A pox upon our country!
Allow me to expand your statement---This guy is a Narcissistic, egomaniacal, un-Constitutional, white Kenyan, America hating, history revisionist, racist, unskilled but practiced debater (have teleprompter, will travel daily), ignorant moron, who intends to destroy this country as we know it to make up for perceived past crimes against humanity.
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> Obama: Government ‘made this country great’
Government had nothing to do with it you consumate moron.
Patriots made this country great. Without those willing to stand and defend this country, and without those who would take the risk and invest their entire life savings and sweat to start a small business, you’d be nothing.
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