"The president cannot say, as he has many times, that I am going to tell Congress to enforce some spending discipline and then not veto
"We are laying a burden of debt on future generations of Americans. ... Any economist will tell you, you cannot have this level of debt, of increasing deficits without eventually it affecting interest rates and inflation," he added.
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If it weren't for shrub's shady campaining tactics this man might (rightfully) be in office right now.