What my budget does is to put forward some tough choices, some significant spending cuts, so that by the middle of this decade our annual spending will match our annual revenues. We will not be adding more to the national debt.
Obama claims his budget will align spending with revenues to avoid increasing debt.
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There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.
I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.
They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.
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