He insisted the budget should contain enough spending to help support economic growth and said he will not allow Republicans to attach conditions to raising the $16.7 trillion U.S. borrowing cap. "We've presented our budget," Obama said. "Now it's the job of Congress to come up with a budget that keeps our long-term trends of ... reducing the deficit moving forward, but also allows us to invest in the things we need to grow." This argument contradicts itself - the more debt you incur, the higher the debt service, meaning there is less and less and less and less funds to spend on actual things vs. interest on the debt.