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>The Quote of the Decade
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>“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 can not 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.”
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>WHO COULD HAVE SAID THAT???
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>-- Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
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