By Howard Rich
When President Barack Obama strides into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to deliver his fourth State of the Union address, it will mark exactly 1,000 days since the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate has passed a budget.
The last time the Senate passed a budget was April 29, 2009 — three months after Obama was sworn into office. Since then the federal government has spent $9.4 trillion — including $4.1 trillion in money it didn’t have (and thus had to borrow from future generations of taxpayers). As a result, the U.S. debt has soared from $11.1 to $15.2 trillion over the past 1,000 days — and is projected to climb to $16.4 trillion by the end of 2012.
Does this sound like responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources to you?
When President Barack Obama strides into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to deliver his fourth State of the Union address, it will mark exactly 1,000 days since the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate has passed a budget.
The last time the Senate passed a budget was April 29, 2009 — three months after Obama was sworn into office. Since then the federal government has spent $9.4 trillion — including $4.1 trillion in money it didn’t have (and thus had to borrow from future generations of taxpayers). As a result, the U.S. debt has soared from $11.1 to $15.2 trillion over the past 1,000 days — and is projected to climb to $16.4 trillion by the end of 2012.
Does this sound like responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources to you?
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