Barack Obama actually said...

It will harm businesses that depend on the spending just at the time when the economy is trying to get some traction in this recovery.

Remarks on Payroll Tax Cuts and Unemployment Insurance

12/04/2011

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We're freezing pay for Federal workers for a couple of years.

I need you to keep on working hard.

I'm not going to give a long speech here because I'm going to give a long speech in the gymnasium.

We are perfectly poised to make the 21st century again the American century.