Barack Obama actually said...

"I make that point just so you don't buy into this whole bloated government argument that you hear."

"And, frankly, if Congress had said yes to helping states put teachers back to work, and put the economy before our politics, then tens of thousands of more teachers in New York would have a job right ..."

"The private sector is doing fine."

"It's astonishing to him that Congress won't do something to help government add more teachers' jobs, add more police officers, add more firefighters."