[NormsRevenge]

Obama did not mention in his address that the PAYGO legislation he signed into law Friday was attached to another politically unpopular but arguably essential provision: language lifting the federal debt limit by $1.9 trillion to $14.3 trillion.

[illiac]

“President George W. Bush and lawmakers to run up spiraling deficits in recent years”

He seems to forget how much his programs have added.....

[RWGinger]

I laughed at your thread title” is Politico doing satire too.
Greatness!!

[Pietro]

"Now, Congress will have to pay for what it spends, just like everybody else,”

How stupid deos he think we are?

Bottom line is that govern. spending needs to be cut, in real terms, by at least 2% per annum for the next ten years.

Any thing else is bullsh!t.

[The_Media_never_lie]

After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk when it comes to fiscal responsibility

And who, oh anointed one, might the most profligate of the profligate be?

[freedomfiter2]

This is a typo. Obama supports pay-to-play not pay as you go.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Now he tries wearing the fiscal responsibility hat 40 some years into his life, 4-6 years as a Senator, and one year into his Presidency?

What a fake.

[native texan]

What an A$$.

[jveritas]

This is simply incredible. Never before in history of the Republic that we had a public figure let alone a President who has this incredible brazenness in lying and saying exactly the opposite of what he is doing with no shame what so ever. Even if the most corupt third world countries politicians do not try to pull such stunts.

This surreal Obama speech about fiscal responsibility and spending cuts is like a whore who slept with 40 men in a span of two hours then went to the Church and gave a sermon on chastity.

[Myrddin]

The socialists continue to play their zero sum game. They assume the world is static. The only things that will get "cut" are defense programs. Entitlement and payoffs to his voter base will get all the money they want. Taxes will go up to "pay for" the spending. Revenues will drop as the rates are already too damn high. The lefties must punish the productive and lionize the losers who vote for them.