President Obama on Reining in Budget Deficits: Won’t Accept 'Opposition

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Obama on Reining in Budget Deficits: Won’t Accept 'Opposition for Opposition’s Sake'
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/obama-on-reining-in-budget-deficits-wont-accept-opposition-for-oppositions-sake.html

Devoting his weekly address to reining in budget deficits that “could damage our markets, drive up our interest rates and jeopardize our recovery right now,” President Obama called on the government to exercise budgetary restraint as any American family would.

“It is critical that we rein in the budget deficits we’ve been accumulating for far too long,” Obama said. “We’ve heard plenty of talk and a lot of yelling on TV about deficits, and it’s now time to come together and make the painful choices we need to eliminate those deficits.”

The president blasted the seven Republican co-sponsors of his proposed bipartisan fiscal commission on deficit reduction for voting against the idea this week in the Senate.

“I will always respect those who take a principled stand for what they believe, even if I disagree with them," the president said. "But what I won’t accept is changing positions because it’s good politics. What I won’t accept is opposition for opposition’s sake. We cannot have a serious discussion and take meaningful action to create jobs and control our deficits if politicians just do what’s necessary to win the next election instead of what’s best for the next generation."



Weekly Address: President Obama Pledges to Rein in Budget Deficits
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/weekly-address-president-obama-pledges-rein-budget-deficits
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/29/weekly-address-reining-budget-deficits

[Clio the Leo]

1. Get on 'em sir! NT