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Our Founders' Economic Advice to Obama (Part 2 of 2)

LOIS44 Wrote: Jul 17, 2012 10:29 AM

I wish it mattered! Reasonable, intelligent people KNOW Obama is bad for this country, that he would do very well in Cuba, where the population thrives under a dictatorship, and like sheep like to be herded. We've had the worst education system that liberals ruled, not TEACHING about what our founding fathers wanted for us, and how hard people worked, giving life and treasure in keeping us free. Generations have missed the whole Love America it's the greatest country in the world, where hard work, will get you ahead. We can't fight the stupid, the lazy, the parasite that wants to be taken care of because the dems have made too many of them that overwhelm the system. It'll take a revolution to turn us back into the greatest country again

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lemmi Wrote: Jul 17, 2012 10:39 AM

Throughout history about 1 revolution turned out well the rest not so well.

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Our Founders' Economic Advice to Obama (Part 2 of 2)

Last week, I summarized how President Barack Obama has not lived up to his campaign promises to lower the national deficit and debt and get our nation's fiscal house in order. So now I'm calling on him to heed the economic advice of our nation's first eight presidents.

Before I highlight some of the Founding Fathers' wisdom on federal debt and spending, let me remind readers how Crossroads GPS recently summarized Obama's relation to national debt:

"January 20, 2009: The National Debt Was $10,626,877,048,913.08 (Obama Takes Office). (Treasury Department, accessed 5/23/12)

"May 22, 2012: The National Debt Was $15,721,218,607,447.09 (Most Recent)....

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