Posted on 01/19/2009 4:20:22 PM PST by NormsRevenge
President-elect Obama, who last week said that only the government could save the economy, on Monday said that the solution to all problems can’t be found in Washington.
“Government can only do so much,” he said at an event with volunteers. “And if we’re just waiting around for somebody else to do it for us, if we’re waiting around for somebody else to clean up the vacant lot or waiting for somebody else to get involved in tutoring a child, if we’re waiting for somebody else to do something, it never gets done.”
Obama stressed the importance of personal responsibility, a theme he is expected to repeat during his Inaugural address Tuesday.
The president-elect urged Americans to volunteer and help improve their country. He participated in renovating a youth shelter earlier in the day and his wife Michelle and Vice President-elect Biden and his wife also took part in volunteering projects.
And by gosh he is going to make sure it does all it can! Because after all, we are too stupid to be free!
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