"The administration assailed critics by claiming there was a consensus amongst economists that a massive spending bill was in the country's best interest."
"In early 2009, President Obama sold the stimulus as a solution to the recession and skyrocketing unemployment."
"I hate being an employer because of all the stuff you make us do, and he pointed right at me, talking about government."
"If big government spending was going to get us out of this mess, for goodness sakes, we should have been out of it a long time ago."
"We need an honest discussion about our economy and not just rhetoric."
"The unemployment rate has climbed above 8 percent, as we all know."
"The President and others claimed the stimulus would create 3 to 4 million new jobs."
"The President worked with House and Senate Democrats to pass the stimulus as quickly as possible, promising that the unemployment rate would not go above 8 percent once the bill was passed."
"Even though Congress said taxes were going to remain the same, no, the President is sending a completely different message."
"The one word I have heard more than anything else over the last 3 years relative to our economic situation and the lack of growth is uncertainty."
"If these tax loopholes were so bad, so terrible, so needed, why didn't the previous Congress just 10 months ago take care of them then?"