Barack Obama actually said...

"Over the last eight years, government spending on contracts has doubled to over half a trillion dollars. Far too often the spending is plagued by massive cost overruns, outright fraud and the absence ..."

"We will stop outsourcing services that should be performed by the government, open up the contracting process to small businesses."

"I'm proud that we passed a recovery plan free of earmarks. And I want..."

"It's a plan that won't help speculators or that neighbor down the street who bought a house he could never hope to afford. But it will help millions of Americans who are struggling with declining home..."